Lutfun Hossain is a Research Fellow at CHERE. She is a health services researcher and aims to further develop her academic career in health economics, applied microeconometrics and health policy research.

Lutfun started her career as a pharmacist working in both a community and hospital setting. She completed a Master of Pharmacy (Research) at the University of Technology Sydney where she explored factors that influence the implementation of health services in a community pharmacy setting. During this time, she was involved in teaching students, was a recipient of the UTS Chancellor’s Research Scholarship, published scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented abstracts at several international conferences. During her research Lutfun also collaborated with experts at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, the Western Sydney Primary Health Network and the University of Lisbon.

Prior to CHERE, Lutfun worked as a clinical product specialist at NPS MedicineWise where she collaborated with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., clinical experts, the Department of Human Services and scientific organisations) to contribute to the development of national programs to improve the quality use of medicines and medical tests. She designed audit and feedback products for GPs and Pharmacists and has extensive experience in working with PBS, MBS and MedicineInsight data.