Shima Ghassem Pour recently completed her PhD on the topic of clustering longitudinal health data using Hidden Markov Models at the University of Western Sydney. Dr. Ghassem Pour is interested in using advanced machine learning methods to model, analyse and predict health trajectories.  She is also currently leading the development of a microsimulation project that aims to produce long-term forecasts of health and health care utilisation under a variety of policy scenarios. Supervisor Homepage

Dr Blanca Gallego Luxan PhD (UCLA), BS (UAM) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) and leads the modelling and simulation in health team. This multidisciplinary research group is developing new empirical models for the analysis, assessment and prediction of healthcare delivery and for the integration of new sources of information into public health and clinical decision making. Supervisor Homepage