Our People

Leadership Team

• 
  Professor Barbara McPake

  Director

• 
  Professor Ajay Mahal

  Deputy Director

• 
  Matt Ralston

  Chief Operating Officer

• 
  Rebecca Gracey

  Institute Manager

• 
  Associate Professor Linda Rae Bennett

  Education and Learning

• 
  Dr Angus Campbell

  One Health

• 
  Katherine Gilbert

  Health Systems Governance and Financing

• 
  Associate Professor Sumit Kane

  Acting Head, Maternal Sexual and Reproductive Health

• 
  Christianne O’Donnell

  Manager Programs

• 
  Dr Alex Robinson

  Disability Inclusion for Health and Development

Business Services

• 
  Bronwyn Bell

  Executive Assistant to the Director

• 
  Angela Mudford

  Communications Coordinator

• 
  Annie Nguyen

  Management Accountant

Disability Inclusion for Health and Development

• 
  Dr Greg Armstrong

  Senior Research Fellow

• 
  Professor Nathan Grills

• 
  Lana Logam

  Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Manjula Marella

  Research Fellow

• 
  Dr Wesley Pryor

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Fleur Smith

  Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Tilahun Haregu

  Research Fellow

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Education and Learning

• 
  Shakiba Akbari

  Program Officer

• 
  Chrissy Keenan

  Program Officer

• 
  Campbell McKay

  Program Officer

• 
  Dr Belinda Spagnoletti

  Research Fellow

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Global Health Alliance Australia

• 
  Abbie Minter

  Deputy Director

• 
  Piyali Somaia

  Network Coordinator, Australian Network of WHO Collaborating Centres

• 
  Martin Thomas

  Government Relations and Malaria Awareness Coordinator

Health Systems Governance and Financing

• 
  Andrea Boudville

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Louise Freijser

  Research Fellow

• 
  D’anne Ladzinski

  Technical Advisor

• 
  John Tayu Lee

  Senior Lecturer

• 
  Dr Naveen Tenneti

  Technical Advisor

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Maternal Sexual and Reproductive Health

• 
  Prarthna Dayal

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Tori Oliver

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Matthew Reeve

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Dr Daniel Strachan

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Brigitte Tenni

  Senior Technical Advisor

• 
  Kirsty Teague

  Technical Advisor

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Non Communicable Disease

• 
  Dr. Tina (Yingting) Cao

  Research Fellow

• 
  Dr Tilahun Haregu

  Research Fellow

• 
  Dr Dominika Kwasnicka

  Research Fellow

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One Health

• 
  Dr Max Barot

  Research Fellow

• 
  Dr Kate Gomersall

  Research Fellow

• 
  Dr Justin McKinley

  Research Fellow

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Principal Advisors

• 
  Professor Peter Annear

• 
  Dr Krishna Hort

• 
  Dr Reihana Mohideen

• 
  Clare Strachan

Programs

• 
  Christina Savic

  Senior Program Officer

• 
  Liana Rawlings

  Program Officer

PHD Students

• 
  Shazra Abbas

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Setiyani Dewi

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Enying Gong

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Kimberly Lakin

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Teralynn Ludwick

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Shurong Lu

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Tianxin Pan

  PhD Candidate

• 
  Shuai Shao

  PhD Candidate

Associate Professors

• 
  Associate Professor Grant Blashki

Honorary staff

Honorary appointees are highly valued members of the Nossal Institute.  Our relationship with our honorary staff is one of mutual benefit in which the Institute benefits from the knowledge, skills and influence of the honorary staff member while the honorary staff member benefits from the opportunities, resources and reputation of the Institute.

Our current  honorary appointees are listed below.