Dr Gill Schierhout | UNSW Research

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health systems

policy and program evaluation

implementation science

primary care

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Biography

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) PhD (Public Health/ Epidemiology)

Gill Schierhout is mixed methods health systems researcher whose work focuses on evaluation of innovative policy reforms and programs in health. She has skills and expertise in evidence synthesis, evaluation, health systems research, and commissioned research, working with multidisciplinary and multi-country teams in in collaboration with government, academic and civil society partners. Gill has a particular interest in primary health system reform and the impact of reforms on equity of access. Her research work is underpinned by qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods expertise and decades of experience conducting evaluations closely with and for health system stakeholders globally and in many different countries in the Asia Pacific, and in Africa where she lived for many years. In Australia, Gill has been a trusted advisor to the Australian Aid program in respect of design and evaluation of Australia’s investments in health in the region. She has published widely and is lead or chief investigator on a number of grants and commissioned research projects focused on evaluating innovative policy reforms and programs to improve the access and quality of primary care, particularly for disadvantaged groups.

My Grants

2025	Theory of change – Northern Sydney Wellbeing Collective (CIA) - Funded by Commonwealth of Australia, commissioned by Northern Sydney Primary Care Network (CIA)
2024	Unlocking the power of linked data to improve patient journeys across the health system. MRFF Multidisciplinary Models of Primary Care Stream 2-3 (CI)
2023	Establishment of a policy centre for primary health care strengthening in Sri Lanka: piloting phase. A joint project between The George Institute for Global Health and the University of Colombo. WHO and ADB (CI)
2023	Management of urinary tract infections by community pharmacists – Clinical evaluation. Sub-contract to University of Newcastle; funded by NSW Health via competitive tender (CI)
2023	Resupply of Oral Contraceptives by community pharmacists and Management of minor skin conditions by community pharmacists – Clinical evaluation. Sub-contract to University of Newcastle; funded by NSW Health (CI)
2023	Paying the price: a deep dive into the household economic burden of care experienced by people living with noncommunicable diseases. Commissioned and funded by NCD Alliance and The Helmsley Charitable Trust (CI)
2022	Evaluation for Commissioned Services to improve Primary Care Access. Contracted by Healthy North Coast Primary Care Network via Commonwealth of Australia Funding, Competitive tender (CI)
2022	Optimising Healthy Homes and Neighbourhoods. Funded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Health and Social Care Integration 2022-2025 (CI)
2022	Implementing holistic burn care through a culturally safe integrated model. MMRF Research Translation (CI)
2021	Leveraging Global Health Wins for Sustainable, Person-Centered Healthcare Systems. Commissioned and funded by NCD Alliance and The Helmsley Charitable Trust (CIA)
2020	Development and evaluation of regional health care alliances to improve health system performance in New South Wales – Patient Centred Co-commissioning Groups. NHMRC Partnership Grant (CI)
2021	A scoping literature review on the role of purchasing arrangements for quality in chronic care. USD$35,000 Commissioned by WHO Geneva through competitive tender (CI)
2021	Evaluation of NNSW Osteoporosis Re-fracture prevention program. Commissioned by NNSW Local Health District, with support from NSW Health (CI)
2018	The Australian Centre for the control and elimination of Neglected Tropical diseases 2017-2022. NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (CI)
2018	Operation of the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit (NTSRU), April 2018-June 2021. The Kirby Institute funded by Department of Health/Commonwealth of Australia Government Contract (CI)
2018	Improving the dispensing of antibiotics by private drug sellers in Indonesia: a missing ingredient in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. DFAT - Stronger Systems for Health Security Program. Competitive Tender with peer review through NHMRC (AI)