James Harrison

Professor James Harrison is a leading injury epidemiologist and public health physician at Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health. He has served as founding Director of the Research Centre for Injury Studies since 1997 and Director of the National Injury Surveillance Unit (AIHW) since 1990. His work spans injury measurement, classification, and public health interventions.

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (University of Melbourne, 1980)
• Master of Public Health (University of Sydney, 1990)

His research focuses on injury prevention, public health surveillance systems, and policy development. Recent projects include data linkage studies on academic performance after injury and Indigenous road safety barriers. He actively contributes to the WHO's ICD-11 revision and national mortality statistics improvement.

Recent publications highlight his work on

• social determinants of injury outcomes
• chronic health conditions post-injury
• data linkage methodologies
• Indigenous patient journeys

• Distinguished Career Award (2013)
• Australian Injury Prevention Network Award (2015)

He supervises research students and teaches epidemiology in Flinders' Doctor of Medicine program. Professional engagements include:

• Chairperson of Australasian Mortality Data Interest Group (2009-2012)
• Board member of National Coronial Information System
• Co-chair of WHO ICD-11 taskforce (2015-2018)
• SA and NT DataLink Consortium representative