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Director
Research Focus: Violence against women, Gender and health, Health equity

Human Resources Manager
Professional Services

Migration and Health, Head
Research Focus: Migrant & refugee health; Health equity & inclusion; Gender

Gender and Women’s Health, Head
Research Focus: Maternal health; Women's health; Sexual & reproductive health rights

One Health, Head
Research Focus: One Health; Zoonoses; Animal health & production

Manager - Finance
Professional Services

Social & Economic Determinants of Health, Head
Research Focus: Health systems; Health systems responsiveness; Implementation science

Institute Manager
Professional Services

Chief Operating Officer
Professional Services

Disability Inclusion and Rehabilitation, Head
Research Focus: Disability; Development; Disaster risk

Principal Advisor – Strategic Partnerships
Research Focus: Pandemic prevention, preparedness & response, & health security; Health systems, governance & financing; Communicable & non-communicable disease control

Equitable Systems for Health, Co-head
Research Focus: Social & behaviour change communication; Health systems; Primary health care

Equitable Systems for Health, Co-head
Research Focus: Access to medicines; HIV/Sexual reproductive health & rights; Global health governance

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Maternal & newborn health; Communicable & non-communicable disease control; Health systems

Principal Research Fellow, Health Statistics and Data/ Disease
Research Focus: Mortality demography; Non-communicable diseases; Quantitative analysis

Principal Advisor
Research Focus: Infectious diseases; One Health; Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Fellow
Research Focus: One Health; Animal Health and production; Livestock and climate

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: One Health; Health Equity & Inclusion; Infectious diseases

Research Focus: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care; Gender Based Violence and Intersectionality

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Community health; Disability; Professional networking

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Behaviour change; Gender Inclusion; Migrant and Refugee Health

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender; Gender-based violence; Health equity & inclusion

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Narrative inquiry in health and social care; Ageing, disability, rehabilitation and palliative care; Humanitarian health practice, research and advocacy

Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Migration; Refugee settlement; Gender

Coordinator – Project Finance
Professional Services

Technical Associate
Research Focus: Health systems; Non-communicable diseases; Monitoring & evaluation

Research Focus: Digital health; Disability Inclusion; Health Equity and Inclusion

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Maternal health; Health equity & inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health rights

Research Officer
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Health equity & inclusion

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Maternal & child health

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Health Program; Health Systems; Health Policy

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Infectious diseases; One Health; Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion; Health equity & inclusion

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Aboriginal community health; Adolescent health; Behaviour change Child health

Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Governance; Gender Equality & Social Inclusion; Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Youth participatory research, Migration, settlement & wellbeing; Health equity & inclusion

Senior Coordinator – Projects (parental leave)
Professional Services

Senior Research Fellow
Research Focus: Disability Inclusive Development; Disability Data; Health Equity and Inclusion

Senior Lecturer in Global Health
Research Focus: Maternal health; Child health; Health financing

Research Fellow
Research Focus: One Health economics; Agricultural economics; Environmental economics

Research Focus: Health financing; Health economics; Health systems

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Child health; Health equity & inclusion, Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Professorial Fellow
Research Focus: Health Economics; Health Systems; Human Development & Health

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Maternal & neonatal health; Health equity & inclusion; Sexual & reproductive health

Principal Advisor, Social Implications of Technology (Infrastructure and Resilience)
Research Focus: Community resilience; Gender inclusion; Energy transition

Lead - Programs
Professional Services

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Health system responsiveness, Women’s health, Disability

Principal Advisor
Research Focus: Rehabilitation; Assistive Technology; Disability

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Primary health care; Health systems; Maternal health

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Gender; Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health,

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Equity & inclusion; Gender; Health systems

Senior Technical Advisor
Research Focus: Child health & disability; Early childhood intervention & development; Rehabilitation & allied health

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Gender; Gender-based violence; Service delivery

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Migrant & refugee health; Gender-based violence; Gender inclusion

Human Resources Advisor
Professional Services

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health; Sexual & reproductive health & rights

Honorary Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Research Focus: Pandemic Preparedness & Response; Zoonoses; One Health

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Gender; Health equity & inclusion; Migrant & refugee health;

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Anti-racism, colonialism, migration & international development

Research Fellow
Research Focus: Health equity & inclusion; Maternal health; Sexual & reproductive health

Research Assistant
Research Focus: Health Economics; Non-communicable diseases; Epidemiology

Executive Director, Australian Global Health Alliance

Deputy Director

Sexual violence against female victims in Ethiopia: health services’ response to the mental health effects

Public health insurance and long-term healthcare funding: Efficacy of Indian public health insurance programs.

Young Mothers' Access to and Navigation of Health and Social Services While Situated on the Street of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Exploring the current state of Australia’s postnatal care guidelines and quality of care measures.

Understanding the response of public hospitals to reform initiatives in India:  A Case study of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.

Exploring the wellbeing of humanitarian migrants in regional Australia.

The introduction and upscaling of an HPV vaccination program for early adolescent Indonesian girls.

Preventing pre-eclampsia: exploring economic and implementation barriers to effective maternity care

Integrating Cervical Cancer Prevention to the Family Planning Program in East Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Indonesia

LGBTQI+ health disparities in Mongolia

Adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia: Understanding maternity care use and quality.

The experiences & support needs of male caregivers of children with a disability in Australia.

Unveiling the Hidden Costs: The Role of Physical Functioning on Households’ Economic and Social Wellbeing in the Asia-Pacific in the Context of Population Aging

Assessing the availability and quality of post-abortion care in select sub-Saharan Africa countries

Partnering the community to co-design comprehensive abortion care in Melbourne’s North.

Strengthening Mortality Measurement and Chronic Disease Prevention in Australia: Leveraging Big Datasets for Improved Evidence

The Role of Health Providers and Facilities in Women's Experiences of Childbirth in Asia Pacific Countries

How do health justice programs in Indigenous community-controlled health organisations give effect to Indigenous self-determination?

Strategies to improve oral health among children & adolescents with Intellectual disabilities in rural Karnataka, India.

How do health systems change during periods of rapid economic growth?

Living with Major Illnesses in Urban India

A One Health assessment of the impacts of climate-sensitive zoonoses amongst livestock keeping communities in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

To understand the mechanisms enabling patients to navigate healthcare.

Learning from a medical oxygen program to improve emergency care services for children in low-and-middle-income countries

Legal responses to family violence: experiences of refugee and migrant women in Victoria

Women’s experiences of temporary labour migration between Australia and Pacific Island countries and Timor Leste

The impact of climate change on human health in Kyrgyzstan

The role of Christian faith communities in promoting health in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.

An exploration of what Cambodian midwives need to provide disability-inclusive maternity care

Improving the management of women experiencing anaemia in pregnancy: A case-study of Bangladesh

The thesis title is being refined, the topic will be Health financing and provider payment.

Sports participation and social capital development for migrant women and adolescent girls

Is the health burden of NCDs shifting from rich to poor in China: implications for health policy and clinical practice?

The Role of Health Insurance in Shaping Health-Seeking Decisions and Its Effects on Health Expenditure in China