Margaret Williamson

Margaret Williamson, Manager, Research & Development

Margaret is the Manager of Research & Development at NPS.She has a clinical background in hospital pharmacy and training and expertise in public health, epidemiology and health informatics.Margaret has a wide range of experience in the design and conduct of research to evaluate the efficacy, effectiveness and quality of a range of health interventions and services.

A large proportion of her work over the last decade has been managing and/or evaluating large outcome-based projects, including designing evaluations of the impact of electronic medication management systems on patient safety, establishing and managing the NSW Health Survey Program, and developing guidelines and indicators to monitor chronic diseases (asthma and diabetes).

Her work over the last two years at has concentrated on developing Quality Use of Medicines research capacity within NPS and across Australia.Most recently she has been involved in studies to examine the information needs and preferences of consumers and health professionals around complementary medicines and the evaluation of the impact of electronic medication management systems on patient safety and quality of care.

Margaret Williamson

Margaret Williamson, Manager, Research & Development

Speakers: James Reeve, Bryn Lewis and Margaret Williamson
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Margaret Williamson (MPH, Grad Dip Applied Epi, BPharm) is the manager of the Research and Development Program at the NPS.Margaret has significant experience in research and evaluation in areas of chronic disease, informatics, medication safety and public health.

Jacqueline Tudball from the Evaluation team and Research and Development Manager Margaret Williamson both presented on aspects of information needs at the 3rd International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research in Sydney.

Research and Development (R&D) Manager Margaret Williamson co-authored a paper also presented at Medinfo.
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At the recent GP&PHC Research Conference in Sydney, Margaret Williamson detailed the influences reported by GPs and specialists in prescribing new drugs.

Margaret Williamson Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, New South Wales, and Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales

Contact: Margaret Williamson 02 8217 8700

A/Professor Johanna Westbrook and Margaret Williamson from the Centre for Health Informatics have been awarded a $583,000 NHMRC project award to investigate the safety and effectiveness of hospital e-prescribing systems.