We have about 320 staff, most in Canberra and some in Sydney.
Our staff are skilled in:
- statistical analysis
- epidemiology and demography
- information development
- data management
- communication
- public sector administration.
AIHW is headed by a director and is divided into eight specialist groups.
AIHW organisation chart (79KB PDF)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Mr Barry Sandison, Director
Business & Governance Group
- Mr Andrew Kettle, Group Head
- Business Improvement (Dr Adrian Webster)
- Executive (Ms Anne Reader)
- Finance & Commercial Services (Mr Andrew Tharle)
- Governance (Mr Gary Kent)
- People & Facilities (Ms Morag Roycroft)
Communication & Primary Health Care Group
- Mr Michael Frost, Group Head
- Primary Health & Digital Health (Dr Kerrin Bleicher)
- Coordination, Evaluation & PAF Assurance (Ms Tulip Penney)
- Data Visualisation (Mr Bill Watson, acting)
- Flagship Reporting (Mr Dinesh Indraharan)
- Strategic Communication & Stakeholder Engagement (Ms Rebecca Richter)
- Website & Publishing (Ms Belinda Hellyer)
Community Services Group
- Ms Louise York, Group Head
- Child Welfare & Prisoner Health (Mr David Braddock)
- Children, Youth & Families (Mr Conan Liu)
- Disability & Ageing (Mr Mark Cooper-Stanbury)
- Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence (Ms Ann Hunt)
Data Strategies & Information Technology Group
- Mr Geoff Neideck, Group Head
- Data Linkage (Dr Phil Anderson)
- ICT Operations (Ms Deborah Scott)
- Medical & Pharmaceutical Benefits (vacant)
- Statistical & Analytical Support (Dr Nick von Sanden)
- Technology & Transformation (Mr Charlie Drummond)
- Metadata & METeOR Unit (Ms Jen Mayhew-Larsen)
Health Group
- Dr Lynelle Moon, Group Head
- Burden of Disease & Mortality (Ms Michelle Gourley)
- Cancer & Screening (Mr Justin Harvey)
- Cardiovascular, Diabetes & Kidney (Ms Sushma Mathur)
- Population Health (Ms Claire Sparke)
- Chronic Conditions (Dr Fleur de Crespigny)
- Veterans' Health & Welfare (Ms Melinda Petrie)
Hospitals, Resourcing & Classifications Group
- Ms Jenny Hargreaves, Group Head
- Expenditure & Workforce (Ms Vicki Bennett)
- Health Performance Indicators (Ms Clara Jellie)
- Hospitals Analysis (Ms Sally Mills)
- Hospitals Data (Mr George Bodilsen)
- Hospitals Information (Ms Liz Clout)
- Hospitals Reporting (Ms Brooke Macpherson, acting)
Housing & Specialised Services Group
- Mr Matthew James, Deputy Director and Group Head
- Housing & Homelessness Collection Operations (Ms Penny Siu)
- Housing & Homelessness Collection Processing (Ms Amber Jefferson)
- Housing & Homelessness Reporting & Development (Ms Anna Ritson)
- Mental Health & Palliative Care (Mr Gary Hanson)
- Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drugs (Ms Moira Hewitt)
Indigenous & Maternal Health Group
- Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, Group Head
- Indigenous Analyses & Reporting (Ms Kim Dobbie)
- Indigenous Modelling & Research (Ms Tracy Dixon)
- Indigenous Primary Care Reporting (Dr Indrani Pieris-Caldwell)
- Indigenous Spatial Analysis & Health Services (Mr Leo Carroll)
- Maternal & Perinatal Health (Ms Anna O'Mahony)