Advocacy and Thought Leadership

The George Institute is focused on effective advocacy and thought leadership to improve health, aligned to our research goals.

We are engaging with key stakeholders, sharing insights and fostering discussions to stimulate debate, guide critical health policy decisions and facilitate evidence-based change.

By working with some of the world’s leading health voices we are amplifying our work in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injury and improving systems for prevention and treatment.

Our activities

The George Institute for Global Health has established a new program. The emerging thought leader program is designed to develop selected George Institute researchers to share insights, expand the…
June 2021 -
News
Join us to discuss ‘Research in partnership: Indigenous and Tribal communities’ in the next session of The George Institute for Global Health's 'Coffee with Latin America' series. Panellists will…
May 2021 -
Event
The George Institute for Global Health notes that over $6.7 billion will be invested in medical research over the next four years following the Australian Budget announced on Tuesday evening.…
May 2021 -
News
Please find the recording following: Global environmental change is the greatest global threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the…
May 2021 -
Event
The Barisal Drowning Reduction Project – Bhasa is a multi-stakeholder approach to drowning reduction within a sub-region of Bangladesh. It is estimated that 321,000 drowning deaths occur globally…
May 2021 -
Policy and Practice Reports
This blog by Senior Research Fellow Dr Rohina Joshi first appeared in Indian Link and has been republished with their permission.   India is experiencing an overwhelming second wave of COVID-19…
May 2021 -
Profile story
This article is authored by Dr Parisa Glass, Director, Innovation and Enterprise, and Kate Burling, Commercialisation and Development Manager, Innovation and Enterprise, The George Institute. It…
May 2021 -
Profile story
The George Institute for Global Health is pleased to contribute to the consultation on the draft National Preventive Health Strategy.  The George Institute strongly supports the development and…
April 2021 -
Policy and Practice Reports
Twenty years of ground-breaking research from The George Institute has proven the effectiveness of combining multiple medications into one pill to prevent heart attacks and strokes – the world’s…
April 2021 -
Case Studies
Our research has saved many thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars by changing the way the medical world views one of the most common intensive care treatments. Our studies have…
April 2021 -
Case Studies