Centaine Snoswell

Dr. Centaine Snoswell is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. She serves as an Affiliate of the Centre for Health Services Research and holds a clinical position at the Princess Alexandra Hospital where she leads pharmacy research. With cross-disciplinary expertise spanning health economics, pharmacy practice, and virtual health solutions, Dr. Snoswell focuses on optimizing healthcare outcomes through economically sustainable technology-driven services.

Dr. Snoswell holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Public Health, and PhD from the University of Queensland, plus a Graduate Certificate in Economics from the University of New England Australia. Her educational background has equipped her with a unique blend of clinical pharmacy experience and health economics expertise.

Her research interests center on telehealth economics, pharmacy practice innovations, and smoking cessation programs. She has developed economically sustainable models for virtual health care implementation within the Australian health system, with particular focus on how technology and artificial intelligence can empower patients. Her work explores the economic efficiency of both virtual health initiatives and advanced-scope clinician roles.

Analysis of Dr. Snoswell's recent publications reveals a strong focus on telehealth economics, implementation science, and pharmacy practice innovation. Her research spans multiple healthcare domains including palliative care, aged care, cardiovascular services, and cancer care, with consistent attention to health equity considerations, particularly for culturally diverse populations and rural communities. She demonstrates methodological diversity with systematic reviews, economic evaluations, and implementation studies.

Dr. Snoswell's work has been internationally recognized, with citations in policy documents from the UN, OECD, EU, US Congress, UK Government, German national telehealth policy, RAND Corporation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Centre, and the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health. In 2023, the Australian Productivity Commissioner consulted her for their telehealth commission review.

She actively supervises multiple PhD and Master's students across diverse topics including AI applications in healthcare, telepharmacy implementation, and economic evaluations of health services. Her current research is supported by multiple grants including projects funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, CRC for Developing Northern Australia, and MRFF Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use.

Dr. Snoswell leads significant work in the Pharmacy Department at Princess Alexandra Hospital and contributes to the Centre of Research Excellence in Telehealth. She has developed influential resources including a public-facing webpage tracking telehealth MBS uptake in Australia during the pandemic, which continues to receive hundreds of views monthly and has generated multiple academic publications.