Fields of Research (FoR)
Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Services, BiostatisticsBiography
I am an epidemiologist with extensive experience in academic research, research support, and postgraduate teaching in the university setting. My undergraduate degrees include a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts. I completed my MPH (University of Sydney) in 2004 and my PhD (UNSW Sydney) in 2009. I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and linked data public health research with multidisciplinary teams. I have worked at...view more
I am an epidemiologist with extensive experience in academic research, research support, and postgraduate teaching in the university setting. My undergraduate degrees include a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts. I completed my MPH (University of Sydney) in 2004 and my PhD (UNSW Sydney) in 2009. I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and linked data public health research with multidisciplinary teams. I have worked at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, School of Population Health, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.
I have expertise in contracted linked data research, bespoke data linkage with multiple health districts, co-designing a linked data asset with government and research stakeholders, working with IT developers to create and manage cloud-based research infrastructure, managing data access agreements and ethics approvals, and coordinating a major training contract with the Australian Government Department of Health.
I also have five years of postgraduate teaching experience at UNSW Sydney. I have developed, convened and taught Context of Health Data Science and Dissertations for the MSc (Health Data Science), developed online training courses, and have been a casual teaching academic on the Foundations of Epidemiology course for the Masters of Public Health.
My Grants
- Chief investigator, Contract research, National Health Call Centre Network LTD. Gibson, A., Tran, D., Francis, L. and Jorm, L. (2014) Mapping the outcomes of calls to healthdirect Australia. (UNSW Grant ID: RG 142539)
- Chief investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2011. Degenhardt, L., Burns, L., Weatherburn, D., Butler, T., Gibson, A. & Kimber, J. Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22-year data linkage study. Amount awarded: $204,472 (Grant ID: 1005668)
- Associate investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2007. Degenhardt, L., Hall, W., Law, M., Butler, T. & Burns, L. Mortality among opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy: NSW 1985-2006. Amount awarded: $144,500 (Grant ID: 455451)
My Qualifications
- Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT), UNSW Australia (2018)
- Doctor of Philosophy, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia (2009)
- Masters of Public Health, University of Sydney (2004)
- Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science major), Honours in Pharmacology, UNSW Australia (2000)
- Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major), UNSW Australia (2000)
My Awards
- Masters of Health Data Science course team (2018) Award for Excellent in Educational Design or Development
- UNSW Faculty of Medicine Dean's List for outstanding research (2009)
- Outstanding student presentation, Postgraduate Research Student Conference, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW (2005)
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre PhD Scholarship (2005-2008)
- UNSW Honours Scholarship (1999)
- Academic Prize for Achievement in Bachelor of Advanced Science/ Arts, New College, UNSW (1997)
My Teaching
I currently convene and teach in the following Masters of Science in Health Data Science courses:
- HDAT9100 Context of Health Data Science (convene and teach)
- HDAT9900/9901/9902 Dissertations (convene)
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8452-0091