Professor Trish Williams is a leader in research and innovation in digital health. Trish is Cisco Chair and Professor of Digital Health Systems at Flinders University, Director of Flinders Digital Health Research Centre, and Director of the Cisco-Flinders Digital Health Design Lab and Digital Health IOT Laboratory. Internationally recognised in her field, Trish applies 30 years’ experience in healthcare computing to research and practical outcomes in cybersecurity, health IoT, mobile health, medical devices, governance, patient safety, and health software safety.

A passionate contributor and advocate for digital health informatics standards, Trish is co-chair HL7 International Security Workgroup and national expert on health informatics, security and medical device ISO standards. She has authored over 130 medical information security and safety publications. In 2021 she was awarded fellowship of the prestigious Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Also, Prof Williams was the named by Telstra Health as one the 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health, recognising her contributions to mentoring, technology development, improving health outcomes using digital health, and introducing new digital processes for the delivery of healthcare.