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Belinda received her clinical degree in Podiatry from the Queensland University of Technology (Australia) in 1997. She then earned a Masters in Public Health, majoring in Health Services Management in 2001 and a Graduate Certificate in Health Economics from Monash University, Australia in 2003. Belinda is currently in the final stages of completion for her PhD in Health Economics, an economic evaluation of strategies for prenatal HIV in middle income countries. Belinda’s research interests are in health economics and public health, with a focus on decision analysis, cost modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis in the evaluation of medical procedures, technologies and pharmaceuticals. She has attended highly selective training programs relating to her research focus from the Harvard School of Public Health. She possesses a high level of skill in the use of modeling software to conduct analyses, including Treeage, having undertaken intensive training courses in this area. Belinda has held positions in clinical, administrative and research capacities in Australia and the US Virgin Islands. She currently holds a research position at the College of Public Health, University of Iowa.