Clifford Afoakwah

Dr. Clifford Afoakwah is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Health & Social Work, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). His work focuses on health economics, trauma surveillance, and cardiovascular disease, with particular expertise in cost-effectiveness analysis and economic evaluation. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and is affiliated with the Jamieson Trauma Institute. His research integrates applied economics, econometrics, and health systems analysis to address complex healthcare challenges.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Research Interests: Dr. Afoakwah’s research spans health economics, injury epidemiology, and cardiovascular disease management. He examines cost-effectiveness of interventions, healthcare system efficiency, and policy impacts using advanced quantitative methods. Notable areas include trauma recovery trajectories, economic burdens of injury, and racial disparities in health outcomes.

Recent Work Trends: His 2025 publications emphasize longitudinal studies of health-related quality of life, cost analyses of injury hospitalizations, and data integration across health systems. He has also contributed to policy tools like the iTRAQI index for traumatic brain injury accessibility. Earlier work (2023-2024) explored telemedicine cost-efficiency, cardiovascular treatment gaps, and global health interventions in low-income settings.

Grants & Supervision: Current projects include a randomized controlled trial on zinc supplementation for COPD (funded by Australian Competitive Grant MRF2031382). He supervises studies on transport-related injury economics in Australia. Past grants include analyses of private health insurance dynamics and school enrollment barriers.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Jamieson Trauma Institute and multidisciplinary teams in QUT’s Faculty of Health. Engages in national audits of genetic heart disease care and cardiovascular data linkage initiatives like the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort (QCard).