Dr Hannah Carter is a health economist and senior research fellow based at QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) where she co-leads the centre's Hospital Services research program. She holds a PhD in health economics from the University of Sydney and a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Queensland. Prior to joining QUT, Hannah held roles at Queensland Treasury and at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, based at the University of Sydney.

Hannah leads a multidisciplinary program of work that embeds rigorous economic evaluation within clinical trials and health services research projects. She has expertise in methods to estimate the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions across both trial-based and modelled approaches. A key focus of her work is improving care for people at the end of life, including the use of choice experiments to understand care preferences held by older people and their families.  Other research interests include the evaluation of integrated and virtual models of care with the aim of improving patient access and experience. Consistent with her health services research focus, Hannah is advancing research methods that sit at the intersection of health economics and implementation science.

Hannah serves as a member of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee: Economics Sub-Committee where she provides advice on the economic considerations of drugs submitted for listing on the PBS. She is a member of the NHMRC Targeted Call for Research Prioritisation Working Committee where she advises on community driven research needs.