Professor David Preen is the Chair in Public Health at the School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia (UWA). He was the Director of the UWA Centre for Health Services Research from 2006-2016 and holds an honorary appointment at Swansea University (UK). Professor Preen has an established international reputation as a leader in the application of epidemiological methods to linked data research and has been involved with conducting public health and health services research using whole population linked administrative health and social sector data for almost 20 years to study areas including:
He is at the forefront of methodological advances using linked administrative health data, having held Chair and advisory roles for >30 international and national boards and committees including:
At Brightwater, David chairs the Research Governance Sub-Committee, provides research leadership and strategic advice to the Brightwater Research Centre and mentorship and capacity building to the research team.
