Susan has a wealth of experience in data analytics, casemix classification and health policy.
She has worked on evaluations, forecasts of health services and health workforce, and the development of activity-based funding models. She loves statistical modelling, including time series models and classification models, as well data visualisation.
Influential work
- Worked on projects for state and territory jurisdictions including NSW, QLD and the ACT, using in-depth knowledge of casemix classifications to classify health data and calculate price weights, and developed methodologies to produce 20-year forecasts that allow for more informed health planning
- Used estimates of disease prevalence and resource utilisation to develop needs-based models for workforce planning for the Commonwealth Department of Health
- Undertook detailed data analysis on large data for a project with the Council of Health Insurance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help develop a pricing framework and a market reference price, which provided a better basis for pricing and created incentives for more cost-effective use of available health care resources
Outside of Nous
Susan has previously worked in investment banking in London and in the telecommunications industry as a software engineer. Susan is the secretary of the Amateur Chamber Music Society and volunteers on various P&C committees. She has previously taught ethics classes to primary school students.
In her spare time...
Susan loves playing the violin in chamber music groups and enjoys bushwalking. She likes to read and runs a book club. She has three almost-adult children and a cat.