Professor Denise O’Connor

Denise O'Connor is Professor (Research) and Deputy Director of the Wiser Health Care Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and NHMRC Investigator Leadership Fellow. Denise is lead investigator of Wiser Healthcare (www.wiserhealthcare.org.au), a national research collaboration of over 120 researchers across five universities that works in partnership with health agencies and consumers to ensure better value healthcare for Australians. Denise is an implementation scientist and health services researcher. Her research explores the causes of, and the design and evaluation of solutions to address, research translation problems. This includes reducing low-value care and improving uptake of effective and efficient models of healthcare service delivery. She uses quantitative methods such as randomised trials, evidence syntheses as well as qualitative methods. Prof O’Connor has received over $30 million in competitive research funding to support her research and >130 publications