Lisa Nicole Sharwood

Dr Lisa Nicole Sharwood

Injury epidemiologist | Expert Witness, UNSW Sydney
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.

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