Researcher

My Expertise

Research areas: Population Health, Health Services Research, Cancer, Epidemiology, Health Policy, Medicines Policy

Biography

Research Interests:

I am a pharmacoepidemiologist and leading authority in the conduct of population-based research using routinely collected data. I have led national and international studies leveraging ‘big health data’ to generate real-world evidence on the use, benefits and safety of prescribed medicines. 

I am the Professor of Health Systems, Head the Medicines Intelligence Research Program at the School of Population Health and...view more

Research Interests:

I am a pharmacoepidemiologist and leading authority in the conduct of population-based research using routinely collected data. I have led national and international studies leveraging ‘big health data’ to generate real-world evidence on the use, benefits and safety of prescribed medicines. 

I am the Professor of Health Systems, Head the Medicines Intelligence Research Program at the School of Population Health and Theme Principal for Health Systems Research, UNSW Faculty of Medicine and Health. I also direct the NHMRC Medicines Intelligence Centre of Research Excellence (MI-CRE), a collaborative research program with investigators across nine Australian universities and scientific advisors from six leading international academic institutions. MI-CRE’s primary purpose is to develop a coordinated approach to accelerate real-world evidence development for medicines policy decision makers.  

I am a long-standing advocate for the safe and productive use of data to benefit the Australian community, and have published widely on maximising the value of data for decision-making in health. I am an active member of a number of peak medicines policy and health data linkage committees and advisory groups including the Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee of the PBAC (2011- current), Australian Commission for Safety and Quality and Health Care Medication Oversight Committee (2018-current), National Data Advisory Council (2019-current), and Board of the NSW Bureau of Health Information (2021-current). In my decade long tenure as Chair/Deputy Chair of the NSW Population Health Service Research Ethics Committee (2006-2017), I shaped policy around the ethics and governance of health data linkage for research. 

Broad Research Areas:
Population Health, Health Services Research, Cancer, Epidemiology, Health Policy

Qualifications:
PhD

Society Memberships & Professional Activities:
Member, Health Service Research Association of Australia and New Zealand 

Member and Fellow of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology 

Member, Harvard Club of Australia

Member, Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

Member, National Data Advisory Council

Journal Editorial Boards:

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991557

International Journal of Population Data Science https://ijpds.org/editorial-board

Public Health Research and Practice https://www.phrp.com.au/about-us/editorial-board

Specific Research Keywords:

Pharmacoepidemiology, Population Health, Health Services Research, Cancer, Epidemiology, Health Policy


My Awards

2021

2021

2021

2015

Health Service Research Association of Australia and New Zealand Distinguished (Lifetime) Investigator Award 

UNSW Medicine and Health Award for Higher Degree Research Supervision

Member, Homeward Bound Global Leadership Program for Women in STEMM

Premier’s Award for Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

Health Services Research, Pharmacoepidemiology, Medicines Policy

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Contact

9385 8895
9385 3880

Research Activities

The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Medicines and Ageing is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between highly dedicated and internationally recognised researchers from the University of Sydney, Australian National University, the Sax Institute, University of Western Australia, University of NSW, University of Technology Sydney, and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences in Canada.

The CRE in Medicine and Ageing will generate vital information about the role that medicines play over Australians’ lifetimes. Using large linked databases of routinely collected…