Our multi-disciplinary team at AusHSI come from a diverse range of specialist areas and include clinicians, health economists, statisticians and implementation scientists. We share a commitment to seeking out new ideas, putting knowledge into practice and using resources wisely to accomplish more with less.

Leadership Team

Steven McPhail

Steven McPhail

Centre Director/Strength Lead – Health Economics and Program Lead – Digital Health
Megan Campbell

Megan Campbell

Operations Director

Will Parsonage

Will Parsonage

Clinical Director/Program Lead – Cardiac

Strength and Program Leads

Adrian Barnett

Adrian Barnett

Strength Lead – Statistics and Data Analysis
Dr Zephanie Tyack AusHSI

Zephanie Tyack

Strength Lead – Implementation
Anne Chang AusHSI

Anne Chang AM

Program Lead – Respiratory

Kirsten Vallmuur

Kirsten Vallmuur

Program Lead – Trauma
Hannah Carter

Hannah Carter

Program Lead – Hospital Services
Nicole White

Nicole White

Program Lead – Infectious Disease
Bridget Abell

Bridget Abell

Program Lead – Community Health

Research Team

Clifford Afoakwah

Clifford Afoakwah

Senior Research Fellow – Health Economics

Michelle Allen

Research Fellow – Implementation Science
David Brain

David Brain

Senior Research Fellow – Health Economics
Jesani Catchpoole

Jesani Catchpoole

Injury Data Analyst
susanna cramb

Susanna Cramb

Senior Research Fellow – Statistics
Prof Louise Cullen

Louise Cullen

Principal Research Fellow

Jo Durham

Senior Lecturer – Health Management
Vikas Goyal

Vikas Goyal

Research Fellow – Respiratory
Jaimi Greenslade

Jaimi Greenslade

Principal Research Fellow – Value-based Care

Gill Harvey

Implementation Scientist

Paul Kuworno AusHSI

Paul Kuwornu

Senior Research Fellow – Health Economics
Peter Lazzarini

Peter Lazzarini

Conjoint Research Fellow – QUT and Queensland Health

Julie Marchant

Associate Professor – Respiratory
Margaret McElrea

Margaret McElrea

Research Fellow – Respiratory

Sundresan (Sunny) Naicker

Research Fellow – Implementation Science
Dr Catherine Niven

Catherine Niven

Research Fellow – Product Safety Research Program
Hannah O'Farrell

Hannah O’Farrell

Visiting Fellow – Respiratory

Michael Schuetz

Professor and Chair of Trauma, QUT/Director of Jamieson Trauma Institute
Amina Tariq

Amina Tariq

Associate Professor – Digital Health

Angela Watson

Principal Research Fellow – Road Safety Data and Data Linkage

Qing Xia

Qing Xia

Research Fellow (Quantitative) – Health Economics
Stephanie Yerkovich

Stephanie Yerkovich

Principal Research Fellow – Respiratory

Research Project & Support Team

Alison Farrington

Alison Farrington

Research Project Manager
Jenna English September 2022

Jenna English

CHD LIFE+ Project Coordinator
Laura Stephensen AusHSI

Laura Stephensen

Research Project Coordinator

Ruth Tulleners

Ruth Tulleners

Research Project Coordinator

Jo Preston AusHSI

Jo Preston

Centre Manager

Sian Conway Lamb

Sian Conway Lamb

Marketing and Communications Officer

Higher Degree Research Students

Robin Blythe

Robin Blythe

PhD Scholar

Samantha Borg

Samantha Borg

PhD Scholar

Thomasina Donovan PhD Scholar

Thomasina Donovan

PhD Scholar

Manasha PhD Scholar

Manasha Fernando

PhD Scholar
Ureni Halahakone PhD Scholar

Ureni Halahakone

MPhil Scholar

Sumudu Hewage PhD Scholar

Sumudu Hewage

PhD Scholar

Remai Mitchell

Remai Mitchell

PhD Scholar

Rex Parsons PhD Scholar

Rex Parsons

PhD Scholar
Jack Roberts

Jack Roberts

PhD Scholar
Adam Rolley

Adam Rolley

PhD Scholar
Pakhi Sharma PhD Scholar

Pakhi Sharma

PhD Scholar

Linh Vo

Linh Vo

PhD Scholar

Jacelle Warren

Jacelle Warren

PhD Scholar

Associate Team

Virginia Barbour

Virginia Barbour

Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work, QUT Faculty of Health
Tina Cockburn

Tina Cockburn

Co-Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT
John Fraser QUT Adjunct Professor

John Fraser

Director, Critical Care Research Group, University of Queensland & The Prince Charles Hospital
Nicholas Graves

Nicholas Graves

Deputy Director, Health Services & Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Roman Kislov

Roman Kislov

Professor of Health Policy and Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
Alison Kitson

Alison Kitson

Vice President & Exec Dean, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Flinders University
Sanjeewa Kularatna

Sanjeewa Kularatna

Associate Professor, Health Services & Systems Research (HSSR), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Xing Lee

Xing Lee

Senior Analyst, Queensland Treasury

Ray Mahoney QUT Adjunct Professor

Ray Mahoney

Principal Research Scientist, AeHRC – CSIRO

Victoria McCreanor

Victoria McCreanor

Alexia Rohde

Adjunct Senior Lecturer – Health Services Innovation

Sameera Senanayake

Principal Research Scientist, Health Services & Systems Research (HSSR), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Kylie Woolcock

Kylie Woolcock

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

Associates (continued)

Prof Leonie Callaway, Prof Cate Cameron, Emeritus Professor Gerard Fitzgerald, A/Prof Sankalp Khanna, A/Prof Kerry-Ann O’Grady, Prof Ian Scott, Prof Adam Scott, A/Prof Clair Sullivan, Prof Malcolm Thatcher, A/Prof (Hwan) Jin Yoon.