About
Ingrid is an early career health economist at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. She completed her PhD focusing on the “Health and economic burden of IPF in Australia”. Ingrid currently holds a postdoctoral research position under Professor Andrew Palmer at Menzies.
Her postdoctoral research focuses on the quality-of-life people living with ILDs, the epidemiological profile and economic burden of ILDs, with the aim of developing disease models to predict patient outcomes and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of diagnostics, interventions, and treatments for ILDs.
Ingrid is a physician by training with a master’s degree in health economics and policy from the University of Adelaide. She has extensive experience working in healthcare, including in clinical practice, public health, health policy and health planning, and has worked with regional governmental agencies in the Caribbean and international development partners working in health.