Our People
Meet our team of multi-disciplinary experts.
Our People
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Professor Cathy Vaughan
Director
Research Focus: Violence against women, Gender and health, Health equity -
Ankita Anand
Human Resources Manager
Professional Services -
Associate Professor Karen Block
Migration and Health, Head
Research Focus: Migrant & refugee health; Health equity & inclusion; Gender -
Professor Meghan Bohren
Gender and Women’s Health, Head
Research Focus: Maternal health; Women's health; Sexual & reproductive health rights -
Professor Angus Campbell
One Health, Head
Research Focus: One Health; Zoonoses; Animal health & production -
Muthuni Fernando
Manager - Finance
Professional Services -
Professor Sumit Kane
Social & Economic Determinants of Health, Head
Research Focus: Health systems; Health systems responsiveness; Implementation science -
Nesha Nanu
Institute Manager
Professional Services -
Matt Ralston
Chief Operating Officer
Professional Services -
Dr Alex Robinson
Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation, Head
Research Focus: Disability; Development; Disaster risk -
Clare Strachan
Principal Advisor – Strategic Partnerships
Research Focus: Pandemic prevention, preparedness & response, & health security; Health systems, governance & financing; Communicable & non-communicable disease control -
Dr Daniel Strachan
Equitable Systems for Health, Co-head
Research Focus: Social & behaviour change communication; Health systems; Primary health care -
Dr Brigitte Tenni
Equitable Systems for Health, Co-head
Research Focus: Access to medicines; HIV/Sexual reproductive health & rights; Global health governance
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Dr Shazra Abbas
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Maternal & newborn health; Communicable & non-communicable disease control; Health systems -
Dr Timothy Adair
Principal Research Fellow, Health Statistics and Data/ Disease
Research Focus: Mortality demography; Non-communicable diseases; Quantitative analysis -
Dr Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell
Principal Advisor
Research Focus: Infectious diseases; One Health; Antimicrobial Resistance -
Dr Max Barot Vibhani
Research Fellow
Research Focus: One Health; Animal Health and production; Livestock and climate -
Dr Anna Barrett
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: One Health; Health Equity & Inclusion; Infectious diseases -
Professor Linda Rae Bennett
Research Focus: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care; Gender Based Violence and Intersectionality
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Sarah Bergman
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health -
Nicole Bishop
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Community health; Disability; Professional networking -
Associate Professor Grant Blashki
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Dr Lauren Carpenter (parental leave)
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Behaviour change; Gender Inclusion; Migrant and Refugee Health -
Dr Rachel Coghlan
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Narrative inquiry in health and social care; Ageing, disability, rehabilitation and palliative care; Humanitarian health practice, research and advocacy -
Professor Nick Crofts
Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health
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Dr Eliza Crosbie
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Migration; Refugee settlement; Gender -
Hamzullah Elham
Coordinator – Project Finance
Professional Services -
Sonja Firth
Technical Associate
Research Focus: Health systems; Non-communicable diseases; Monitoring & evaluation -
Professor Nathan Grills
Research Focus: Digital health; Disability Inclusion; Health Equity and Inclusion
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Alya Hazfiarini
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Maternal health; Health equity & inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health rights -
Katya Ivanova
Research Officer
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Health equity & inclusion -
Kenneth Juma
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Maternal & child health -
Dr Noor Shah Kamawal
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Health Program; Health Systems; Health Policy -
Elenor Kerr
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Infectious diseases; One Health; Antimicrobial Resistance -
Jess Kirwan
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Health equity & inclusion -
Dr Nuruzzaman Khan
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Aboriginal community health; Adolescent health; Behaviour change Child health -
Min-Hui Law
Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Governance; Gender Equality & Social Inclusion; Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights -
Dr Meg Lee
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Youth participatory research, Migration, settlement & wellbeing; Health equity & inclusion -
Anh Le (parental leave)
Senior Coordinator – Projects (parental leave)
Professional Services -
Anya Lyons Hartmann
Senior Coordinator – Projects
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Dr Manjula Marella
Senior Research Fellow
Research Focus: Disability Inclusive Development; Disability Data; Health Equity and Inclusion -
Dr Tiara Marthias
Senior Lecturer in Global Health
Research Focus: Maternal health; Child health; Health financing -
Dr Justin McKinley
Research Fellow
Research Focus: One Health economics; Agricultural economics; Environmental economics -
Professor Barbara McPake
Research Focus: Health financing; Health economics; Health systems
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Dr Thiago Melo Santos
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Child health; Health equity & inclusion, Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) -
Professor Ajay Mahal
Professorial Fellow
Research Focus: Health Economics; Health Systems; Human Development & Health -
Dr Nicole Minckas
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Maternal & neonatal health; Health equity & inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health -
Lindsay Morton
Lead - Programs
Professional Services -
Vinh Nguyen
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Health system responsiveness, Women’s health, Disability -
Dr Wesley Pryor
Principal Advisor
Research Focus: Rehabilitation; Assistive Technology; Disability -
Dr Matthew Reeve
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Primary health care; Health systems; Maternal health -
Dr Mridula Shankar
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Gender; Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health, -
Sarah Simpson
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Equity & inclusion; Gender; Health systems -
Fleur Smith
Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Child health & disability; Early childhood intervention & development; Rehabilitation & allied health -
Mary Stathopoulos
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender; Gender-based violence; Service delivery -
Gemma Tarpey-Brown
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Migrant & refugee health; Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion -
Irene Templeton
Human Resources Advisor
Professional Services -
Martha Vazquez Corona
Research Assistant
Research Focus: Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health; Sexual & reproductive health & rights -
Dr Juan-Pablo (JP) Villanueva-Cabezas
Honorary Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Research Focus: Pandemic Preparedness & Response; Zoonoses; One Health -
Dana Young
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Gender; Health equity & inclusion; Migrant & refugee health; -
Dr Franka Vaughan
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Anti-racism, colonialism, migration & international development -
Rana Islamiah Zahroh
Research Fellow
Research Focus: Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health; Sexual & reproductive health
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Dr Selina Namchee Lo
Executive Director, Australian Global Health Alliance
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Abbie Minter
Deputy Director, Australian Global Health Alliance
Graduate Researchers
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Xinhui Wang
The thesis title is being refined, the topic will be Health financing and provider payment.
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Abiyu Abadi Tareke
The impact of climate change on human health in Kyrgyzstan
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Belege Siyamregn
A One Health assessment of the impacts of climate-sensitive zoonoses amongst livestock keeping communities in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
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Kenneth Juma
Assessing the availability and quality of post-abortion care in select sub-Saharan Africa countries
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Joice Deby Nafi
The Role of Health Providers and Facilities in Women's Experiences of Childbirth in Asia Pacific Countries
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Rami Subhi
Learning from a medical oxygen program to improve emergency care services for children in low-and-middle-income countries
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Benjamin Ilsley
The experiences & support needs of male caregivers of children with a disability in Australia.
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Eleanor Johnson
Partnering the community to co-design comprehensive abortion care in Melbourne’s North.
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Pritania Astari
Young Mothers' Access to and Navigation of Health and Social Services While Situated on the Street of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Kris Li
Strengthening Mortality Measurement and Chronic Disease Prevention in Australia: Leveraging Big Datasets for Improved Evidence
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Gemma Tarpey-Brown
Women’s experiences of temporary labour migration between Australia and Pacific Island countries and Timor Leste
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Katherine Eddy
Preventing pre-eclampsia: exploring economic and implementation barriers to effective maternity care
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Sanjana Santosh
Living with Major Illnesses in Urban India
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Sandra Olivia Frans
Integrating Cervical Cancer Prevention to the Family Planning Program in East Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Indonesia
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Jack Ganbaatar
LGBTQI+ health disparities in Mongolia
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Alya Hazfiarini
Adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia: Understanding maternity care use and quality.
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Dana Young
Sports participation and social capital development for migrant women and adolescent girls
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Warwick Padgham
How do health justice programs in Indigenous community-controlled health organisations give effect to Indigenous self-determination?
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Ebony Johanna Verbunt
Improving the management of women experiencing anaemia in pregnancy: A case-study of Bangladesh
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Daniel Roitman
How do health systems change during periods of rapid economic growth?
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Salsawi Debela
Exploring the wellbeing of humanitarian migrants in regional Australia.
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Claire Sullivan
Legal responses to family violence: experiences of refugee and migrant women in Victoria
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Amanda Blair
Exploring the current state of Australia’s postnatal care guidelines and quality of care measures.
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Pratyasha Acharya
Public health insurance and long-term healthcare funding: Efficacy of Indian public health insurance programs.
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Champamunny Ven
An exploration of what Cambodian midwives need to provide disability-inclusive maternity care
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Xiaoying Zhu
The Role of Health Insurance in Shaping Health-Seeking Decisions and Its Effects on Health Expenditure in China
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Prarthna Dayal
Understanding the response of public hospitals to reform initiatives in India: A Case study of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
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Xuemei Zhang
Is the health burden of NCDs shifting from rich to poor in China: implications for health policy and clinical practice?
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Siân Slade
To understand the mechanisms enabling patients to navigate healthcare.
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Setiyani Dewi
The introduction and upscaling of an HPV vaccination program for early adolescent Indonesian girls.