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Jyoti Khadka is an Associate Professor in health economics and outcome research at the Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, and the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Research Centre at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). He holds a position within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and is a Full Member of the Caring Futures Institute.
With a multi-disciplinary background spanning vision sciences, psychometrics, and health economics, Dr. Khadka specializes in person-reported outcomes, aged care, and health services research. His research focuses on developing and evaluating person-reported outcomes and methodological approaches for valuing health-related quality of life in care settings. Nationally recognized, two of his tools (QOL-ACC and QCE-ACC) are implemented by the Australian Government for aged care quality assessment, and he has developed 15 different measurement tools across vision, aged care, and health systems.
His recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate a strong focus on aged care quality assessment, psychometric validation of measurement tools, cross-cultural adaptation of instruments, and economic evaluation in gerontology. His work consistently addresses methodological challenges in measuring quality of life and care experience, particularly for vulnerable populations including older adults and children.
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact and Engagement (2023)
- Best Poster Award (2019)
- CNHS & CFI Mid-Career Representative (2023)
- Research Award- VPED Mid Career Researcher of the Year (2020)
- SAHMRI Research Translation Award (2019)
Dr. Khadka has successfully supervised four PhD students to completion, including Dr. Louise Heuzenroeder, Sheela Evangeline Kumaran, Dr. Himal Kandel, and Dr. Mallika Prem-Senthil. His research program has secured over $7 million in Category A grant funding, including projects on innovative care models for culturally diverse older adults and assessing health-related quality of life in aged care settings. As a member of the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Research Centre, he leverages large-scale population data to inform national aged care policy.
