Injury Epidemiologist, Health Services Researcher dabbling in economic analyses as well. PhD in Medicine/Public Health. Well travelled and experienced across developed and developing nations in traumatic injury management. I sit on two Australian Standards committees - Playground Equipment and Surfacing, and Indoor Trampoline Facilities.
I have over 25 years of experience in injury management, injury causation analysis, injury prevention and injury outcomes analysis within health services. I have specialised 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 am a Critical Care RN, qualified with a Masters Degree in Public Health, PhD in Public Health/Epidemiology and am currently completing a Masters Degree in Health Data Science.
Experience
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2022–presentAdjunct Resarch Fellow , UNSW / Black Dog Institute
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2022–presentAnalytic Lead, Data and Research, Royal Commission for Defence and Veteran Suicide, Attorney General's Department
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2020–presentAdjunct Research Fellow , University of Sydney
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2018–presentAdjunct Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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2021–2022Research Fellow, UNSW / Black Dog Institute
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2016–2020Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
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2012–2020Research fellow, University of Sydney
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2008–2013PhD student, The George Institute
Education
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2013University of Sydney, PhD / Medicine / Public Health
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2007Monash University , MPH (Clinical Epidemiology/Biostats)
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1996La Trobe University, Graduate Diploma Advanced Nursing (Critical Care)
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1993La Trobe University, Bachelor of Nursing
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1992La Trobe University, Dip.App. Science, Nursing
Professional Memberships
- AHPRA
- Sydney, Australia
- @DrLisaSharwood
- Article Feed
- l.sharwood@unsw.edu.au
- ORCID
- Joined
