This is a live recording from the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s Activity Based Funding Conference 2019, held 13-15 May, in Melbourne, Australia.
Females make up 16% of university and vocational education and training (VET) science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates. 60% of those graduates enter the healthcare sector. According to the Office of the Chief Scientist, engagement, confidence and bias are central factors in the achievement and retention of females in the fields of STEM.
In this panel discussion, ABC News National Medical Report Sophie Scott explores the ways in which public policy makers and professionals in the public health industry can overcome bias, foster confidence, and encourage engagement of women in STEM, particularly in leadership roles in the healthcare industry.
Panellists:
Dr Sarah Neville
Executive Director, Data Analytics, IHPA
Dr Sarah Neville is the Executive Director, Data Analytics at the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA), and is responsible for delivering the National Efficient Price annually.
Sarah is a statistician with a strong interest in health, research and leadership, who is passionate about the power of statistics to inform evidence-based policy, both in Australia and internationally.
Sarah’s background is in mathematics and statistics, holding a Ph.D. in Approximate Bayesian methods. She has presented her doctoral research at the University of Oxford. Sarah recently spent six weeks in remote Australia working with Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation developing better ways to communicate key health statistics to Indigenous Australians.
Prof Jane Hall
Member, Pricing Authority
Professor Jane Hall is Distinguished Professor of Health Economics in the Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney. Jane is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
She has worked across many areas of health economics, including health technology assessment, measurement of quality of life, end of life care, health workforce, the economics of primary care and funding and financing issues.
Jane established the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) in 1990 and she remains in the Centre as Director, Strategy. She is involved in health policy issues internationally through her involvement with the Commonwealth Fund International Program in Health Policy and Practice.
Jane has held many advisory and board positions and she is a former member of the board of the Bureau of Health Information. She is actively involved in policy analysis and critique, and is a regular commentator on health funding and organisational issues in Australia.
Prof Sally Pearson, BSc (Hons) PhD
Head, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmaceutical Policy Research Group
Sallie is a health service researcher and behavioural scientist with more than 15 years of experience in quality use of medicines research. Her interests include prescriber behaviour change, post-market surveillance of medicines and evaluating the impact of pharmaceutical policy interventions. Sallie completed her doctoral training at the University of Newcastle, Australia (1998) and her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Policy at Harvard Medical School (2000-2001). On her return to Australia she worked as a consultant to the WHO Collaborating Centre in Pharmaceutical Policy Boston and Medicare Australia. She established the Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmaceutical Policy Research Group in 2006 and joined the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney in 2012. She is currently a Cancer Institute NSW Career Development Fellow.
Jennifer Williams
Member, Pricing Authority
Jennifer Williams holds a number of Board positions including Chair of Northern Health, Yooralla and Alfred Whole Time Medical Specialist Trust. She is also a member of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board and a Director of InfoXchange and Barwon Health.
She has previously held the positions Chief Executive of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Chief Executive of Alfred Health and Chief Executive of Austin Health. She has also held senior management positions in the public and private sectors, including Director in the Victorian Department of Human Services.
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