Rate My Professor Samantha Hollingworth

Dr. Samantha Hollingworth is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Queensland, with expertise as an epidemiologist and health economist specializing in pharmacoepidemiology and health technology assessment. She earned her BSc (Hons) and Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Queensland and her PhD from Monash University. Her academic career includes extensive experience as a consultant evaluating submissions for medicine subsidies on Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Hollingworth has lived and worked in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and Ghana, contributing to international health projects in Indonesia and ongoing initiatives in health technology assessment and medicines use in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. She holds honorary or visiting appointments at the University of Queensland, Imperial College London through the International Decision Support Initiative, and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Collaborating with networks of clinicians and health professionals, she investigates medicine utilization and adverse effects across general practice, cancer, psychiatry, neurology, and internal medicine, emphasizing data-driven evidence for decision-making and implementation science in low- and middle-income countries.