Susannah Ahern

After graduating with a MBBS (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, I worked in clinical practice before gaining my Fellowship in Medical Administration. I have worked in senior medical management roles for the last 15 years across a number of Victorian health services and related agencies. I completed a PhD and in 2015 I transitioned to academia as the Head of the Registry Science Unit, Monash University School of Public Health. In 2017 I also took on Head of the Master of Health Services Management and Master of Health Administration Courses at Monash. In 2018 I was appointed to the Board of Better Care Victoria, within the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.

I currently directly manage six clinical registries, and am on Steering committees of another 6 Monash clinical registries. I publish regularly regarding registry governance and management including legal and data management issues, clinician-level and public reporting, patient-reported outcome measures, and the strategic development of registries. I am a CI on a number of registry grants including in dementia, and in clinical trials relating to the cystic fibrosis registry.

I have also taught in the MHSM units of Clinical Leadership and Management, Introduction to Management (Management Theory and Practice), and the capstone Case Study unit. I have supervised honours students and currently supervise two PhD students.