Lisa Nicole Sharwood

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  • Injury epidemiologist | Health Data Scientist | Expert Witness, UNSW

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales. I am also an Adjunct Professional Fellow in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney.

I am an experienced epidemiologist specialising in injury, public health, health services research and data science, with over 20 years of experience in academic, government and industry settings. My expertise spans injury management, injury causation analysis, injury prevention and injury outcomes analysis within health services. I have expertise in the use of administrative data (big data) to explore all of these issues, and also consult as Expert Witness in matters of injury litigation covering my expertise. I apply my skills in risk assessment and mitigation, utilising comprehensive data and system analyses to provide evidence-based evaluations for improving health and safety outcomes. I am dedicated to advocating for health system optimisation through data-driven strategies, and to translating evidence-based findings to improve practice and policy for cost-effective health care.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Senior research fellow, UNSW | School of Population Health
  • 2020–present
    Adjunct Research Fellow , University of Sydney
  • 2023–present
    Honorary Professional Fellow, UTS | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  • 2023–2024
    Assistant Director, CDC Establishment Branch | Dept Health and Aged Care
  • 2022–2023
    Adjunct Resarch Fellow, UNSW / Black Dog Institute
  • 2018–2023
    Adjunct ResearchFellow, UTS | Faculty of Engineering
  • 2022–2023
    Assistant Director, AIHW | Defence and Veteran Suicide Monitoring Unit
  • 2022–2023
    Analytic Lead, Data and Research, Royal Commission for Defence and Veteran Suicide, Attorney General's Department
  • 2021–2022
    Research Fellow, UNSW / Black Dog Institute
  • 2012–2020
    Research fellow, University of Sydney
  • 2016–2020
    Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
  • 2008–2013
    PhD student, The George Institute

Education

  • 2025 
    UNSW, GradDip Health Data Science
  • 2013 
    University of Sydney, PhD / Medicine / Public Health
  • 2007 
    Monash University , MPH (Clinical Epidemiology/Biostats)
  • 1996 
    La Trobe University, Graduate Diploma Advanced Nursing (Critical Care)
  • 1993 
    La Trobe University, Bachelor of Nursing
  • 1992 
    La Trobe University, Dip.App. Science, Nursing

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    National Injury Surveillance for Actionable Research - Emergency Department
    Role:
    Chief Investigator A (Project Lead)
    Funding Source:
    MRFF National Critical Research Infrastructure Initative

Professional Memberships

  • International Population Data Linkage Network
  • Public Health Association Australia
  • Australasian Injury Prevention Network
  • Australian Health Practitioner Registration Authority

Contact Lisa for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision