Dr. Suzanne Hill

Dr Suzanne Hill, B.Med (Hons), Grad Dip Epi, PhD, FAFPHM

Dr Suzanne Hill is a clinical pharmacologist and public health physician, trained at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She was appointed as Chair of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Committee in September 2011 and currently also has appointments as Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne Medical School and the Australian National University School of Medicine. Prior to taking up the position as Chair of PBAC, Dr Hill worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland from 2005, as Secretary to the WHO Expert Committee on Essential Medicines, responsible for the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and its implementation in countries. She was principle investigator for the WHO project on Better Medicines for Children. She was the foundation chair of the WHO Guideline Review Committee, setting up standards for guideline development by WHO.

Before working for WHO, Dr Hill was Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Newcastle, Australia, directing a group providing pharmacoeconomics advice to the PBAC. Her research interests are related to the public health and policy aspects of clinical pharmacology, including access to medicines and use of pharmacoeconomics and clinical evidence in decision-making.