Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Lee JT, Crettenden I, Tran M, Miller D, Cormack M, Cahill M, Li J, Sugiura T, Xiang F. Methods for health workforce projection model: systematic review and recommended good practice reporting guideline. Hum Resour Health. 2024;22:25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00895-z
Taguchi U, Tran M, Ono S, Kowal P, Aida J, Hoshi K, Sugiura T. Socioeconomic Status and Dental Care Utilization in Older Adults: A Comparison Between Australia and Japan. J Public Health Dent. 2026 Mar;86(1):81-87. doi: 10.1111/jphd.70035.
Woon LS-C, Bastiampillai T, Looi JCL, Liu W-M. Effect of Australian telepsychiatry services on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder prescriptions. Psychiatry Research. 2026;364:117311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117311
Woon LS-C, Looi JCL, Bastiampillai T, Liu W-M. How telehealth is fuelling a surge in ADHD scripts in a business model that benefits the rich. The Conversation, 23 July 2026. https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.uxwxa5t99
Looi J, Allison S, Bastiampillai T, Kisely S, Liu W-M. Systemic regulation of the private healthcare sector is needed to ensure patient accessibility is not limited by out-of-pocket costs. Australasian Psychiatry. 2026. (forthcoming)
Cumming RG, Dorj G, Yiengprugsawan VS, Dracakis JG, Lkhagvaa U, Naidoo N, Kowal P. Health and Wellbeing of Older People in Mongolia: A Population-Based Survey. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2025;37(2-3):290-296
Dent E, Hanlon P, Kowal P, Hoogendijk EO. Frailty measurement in research and clinical practice: An updated review. Eur J Intern Med. 2026;144:106595. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2025.106595.
Chhim S, Kowal P, Ngor C, Long S, Walton P, Maung KT, Marie Ku G, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Ng N, Ir P, Chhea C, Sopheab H. BMJ Patterns and factors associated with healthcare utilisation in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study based on the World Health Survey Plus 2023. Public Health. 2025;3(1):e001416. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001416.
Submissions
Feedback against the Draft National Health and Medical Research Strategy 2026-2036: From a workforce strategy and planning perspective (PDF, 295.15KB)
Feedback against the Draft Australian Medical Research and Innovation Strategy 2026-2031 consultation (PDF, 573.35KB)
Data Insights
Foreign-trained Doctors and Nurses in Australia: Past and Present (PDF, 267.41 KB)
Health Workforce Shortage in Australia Post COVID-19- International Perspectives (PDF, 492.79 KB)
Working papers
Li QM, Tran M, Chen M, Voo TV, Cormack M, Cahill M, Sugiura T. NCHWS Working Paper. A Microsimulation Approach to Health Workforce Needs-Based
Demand Modelling: A Case Study of Public Midwifery Demand. Canberra; Australian National University: 2026.
Tran M, Gannon B, Birch S, Markowitz S. NCHWS Working Paper: Effects of Granting Nurse Practitioners Full Practice Authority on Long-term Care Services Utilization in the US. Canberra: Australian National University; 2026.
Tran M, Li Q, Sugiura T, Fitzpatrick S, Voo J, Rahim R. NCHWS Working Paper: Impacts of mandated safe staffing models on patients and health workers: A systematic review. Canberra: Australian National University; 2026. PROSPERO protocol: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420251160452
Sugiura T, Kowal P. Incorporating the health and care workforce into the renewed commitment to UHC through the UHC Knowledge Hub. Lancet. 2026 (submitted).
Commissioned Reports
NCHWS & HDAT (2026) North West Region Health Workforce Plan 2025-2034. Prepared for the Tasmanian Department of Health, delivered on 6 February 2026.
NCHWS (2025). Projecting Midwifery Workforce Demand in the ACT Public Maternity System. Prepared for the ACT Health and Community Services Directorate, 28 March 2025.
NCHWS & HDAT (2024). Allied Health Environmental Scan. Prepared for the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 5 July 2024.
HDAT & NCHWS 2023. Data governance review to inform the ADF Life Course Study for the Commonwealth Department of Defence, delivered on 27 November 2023.