Professional Research Fellow, Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Martin Hensher is the Henry Baldwin Professorial Research Fellow in Health Systems Sustainability at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research of the University of Tasmania. His research focuses on integrating the economic, environmental, and societal dimensions of improving the sustainability of health care systems.

During the COVID-19 pandemic he has led work on estimating the likely impact of Long COVID in Australia, the application of digital technologies, and the problems of privatising knowledge in a pandemic. Professor Hensher has over thirty years’ experience in health economics, planning and financing in the UK, Australia, Africa, Europe and Central Asia.

He was the senior economic adviser in the South African National Department of Health and in the Department of Health England, before moving to Australia where he spent seven years as a Director in the Tasmanian Department of Health. He is a member of the South Australian Health Performance Council, a board member of Glenview Community Services, and is a search and rescue specialist with the Tasmanian State Emergency Service.