Research Fellow
Dr Amy Elizabeth Gibson
- Foundations of University Learning and Teaching (FULT), UNSW Australia (2018)
- Doctor of Philosophy, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia (2009)
- Masters of Public Health, University of Sydney (2004)
- Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science major), Honours in Pharmacology, UNSW Australia (2000)
- Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major), UNSW Australia (2000)
medicine-health
Centre for Big Data Research
I am an epidemiologist who convenes two courses within the Masters of Science in Health Data Science program, HDAT9100 Context of Health Data Science and the HDAT9900/9901/9902 Dissertations program. I joined the Centre for Big Data Research in Health in 2014, and have been an investigator on two projects using linked health data; one examining the incidence and clinical outcomes of meningococcal disease in children, and the other evaluating healthdirect Australia, a telephone-based health care triage and advice service. I have worked in areas of health policy and developed data governance guidelines to facilitate research between UNSW and public health organisations. I completed my PhD on mortality associated with maintenance treatments for opioid dependence at UNSW in 2009 and my MPH (University of Sydney) in 2004. Prior to working at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, I worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Research, University of Western Sydney, a Senior Research Officer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, and as a Research Officer in a specialist drug and alcohol treatment centre in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
As a researcher, I have experience in the use of large administrative health data sets for research. I have worked with a range of data sets including hospital admissions, emergency department presentations, mortality data, notifiable conditions, perinatal data, telephone triage data and registrations for maintenance pharmacotherapies for the treatment of opioid dependence. I have experience in a range of public health fields including drug and alcohol dependence, paediatric communicable disease and telemedicine.
My current role is focused on teaching and convening, but I also support the research work of other projects at CBDRH in a range of tasks, as needed.
Phone
02 9065 7869
E-mail
Location
Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Level 2, AGSM Building (G27)
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Publications
Awards
- Masters of Health Data Science course team (2018) Award for Excellent in Educational Design or Development
- UNSW Faculty of Medicine Dean's List for outstanding research (2009)
- Outstanding student presentation, Postgraduate Research Student Conference, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW (2005)
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre PhD Scholarship (2005-2008)
- UNSW Honours Scholarship (1999)
- Academic Prize for Achievement in Bachelor of Advanced Science/ Arts, New College, UNSW (1997)
Grants
- Chief investigator, Contract research, National Health Call Centre Network LTD. Gibson, A., Tran, D., Francis, L. and Jorm, L. (2014) Mapping the outcomes of calls to healthdirect Australia. (UNSW Grant ID: RG 142539)
- Chief investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2011. Degenhardt, L., Burns, L., Weatherburn, D., Butler, T., Gibson, A. & Kimber, J. Determining the impact of opioid substitution therapy upon mortality and recidivism among prisoners: A 22-year data linkage study. Amount awarded: $204,472 (Grant ID: 1005668)
- Associate investigator, NHMRC project grant commencing 2007. Degenhardt, L., Hall, W., Law, M., Butler, T. & Burns, L. Mortality among opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy: NSW 1985-2006. Amount awarded: $144,500 (Grant ID: 455451)