Nadine Hillock

Dr. Nadine Hillock is a Research Associate at the Adelaide Health Technology Assessment, affiliated with the School of Public Health under the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy and Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Otago (New Zealand), a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney, and a PhD from the University of Adelaide. Her research focuses on antimicrobial stewardship, surveillance methodology, pharmacoepidemiology, and health economics. Dr. Hillock has over 25 years of healthcare experience across hospital, community, industry, and government sectors. She previously managed Australia's National Antimicrobial Utilisation Surveillance Program (NAUSP), a core component of the national antimicrobial resistance surveillance network (AURA). She actively contributes to national committees such as the Australian Antimicrobial Stewardship Advisory Committee and the South Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan Steering Committee (SAAMRAP). As a peer reviewer for journals like the Australian Health Review and PharmacoEconomics, she maintains rigorous scholarly engagement. Her work emphasizes translating research into policy and practice to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Research Interests:

• Optimizing antimicrobial use through stewardship strategies
• Developing robust surveillance frameworks for antimicrobial consumption and resistance
• Economic evaluations of healthcare interventions
• Pharmacoepidemiological studies on antimicrobial prescribing patterns

Professional Activities:

• Member of the South Australian Medicines Evaluation Panel (SAMEP)
• Consultant for Australian Government health policy reviews
• Former lead of the National Antimicrobial Utilisation Surveillance Program (NAUSP)