Anushka Patel

About Professor Anushka Patel

Chief Executive Officer, The George Institute for Global Health

  • Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
  • Cardiologist (Hon), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  • MBBS,
  • SM,
  • PhD,
  • FRACP ,
  • FAHMS,
  • GAICD

Professor Anushka Patel is CEO and Director of The George Institute for Global Health and Scientia Professor at UNSW, Sydney.  She is a cardiologist with research interests in the prevention and management of common chronic conditions through large-scale clinical trials and implementation science. 

Anushka undertook her medical training at the University of Queensland, with subsequent postgraduate research degrees from Harvard University and University of Sydney. Anushka is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and is a Director and Trustee of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute.

Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, a cross-sectional study- DIVINE - NSW

Diabetic Medicine Date published:

A quality improvement approach to scaling up a complex health system intervention for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in rural Indonesia

PLOS Global Public Health Date published:

DIVINE-pilot trial: a phase 2 multicentre, randomised pilot trial of pharmacotherapy and physical activity monitoring conducted in women with recent gestational diabetes and increased risk of type 2 diabetes recruited from tertiary referral hospitals in Australia

BMJ Open Date published:

Influenza vaccination to improve outcomes for patients with acute heart failure (PANDA II): a multiregional, seasonal, hospital-based, cluster-randomised, controlled trial in China

The Lancet Date published:

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