Johanna Westbrook, PhD, MHA

Professor Johanna Westbrook, PhD, FTSE, FAIDH, FACMI, FIAHSI, is director of the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She is internationally recognized for her research evaluating the effects of information and communication technologies in health care. Her highly applied research has supported the translation of this evidence into policy, practice and IT system design changes. Johanna’s expertise in multi-method evaluation has been used to investigate organizational interventions designed to reduce unprofessional behaviors among health care workers that impact patient safety and staff wellbeing. She has over 500 publications and has been awarded >$50M in research grants. In 2019 she received the Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Award from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and in 2022, she was awarded the National Health Services Research Award by Research Australia and a Telstra Health Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award. In 2020 Prof Westbrook was appointed as a co-director of the Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership program at Harvard Medical School.