Health systems strengthening for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
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Dr Devaki Nambiar
Devaki Nambiar is Program Director, Healthier Societies Strategy at the George Institute for Global Health India with appointments at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, the University of New South Wales, Australia, and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA.
She is a Health Policy and Systems Researcher (HPSRer) with over two decades of experience working in India and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries on decision-maker demand-driven research, postgraduate teaching in HPSR, as well as technical assistance with an emphasis on community action for health, social exclusion, health equity and health for all. She is a former Fulbright, Fogarty, and NIH scholar, and Fellow of the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance. She advises the WHO on health inequality monitoring, national programme re-orientation, and guideline development to leave no one behind.
She serves on the Lancet-Chatham House Commission on Improving Population Health post COVID-19, the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare, and advises Lancet Commissions on Women and Cancer as well as on Reimagining India's Health System. She is a member of the People's Health Movement and the Medico Friends Circle. She also serves on the Board of Health Systems Global and the Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, India. Dr. Nambiar received her doctorate in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2009 and is a recipient of an Emerging Leader Award from the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
Neena Joshi
Neena Joshi is a Senior Project Manager at The George Institute for Global Health. She leads the Social Participation for Health, Engagement, Research and Empowerment (SPHERE) consortium, which brings together civil society, health and academic organizations providing support for social participation and community action for health in and around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Neena is a global health professional with over five years of experience working at international organizations, think tanks and in academia.
Neena was previously part of the UHC2030 Secretariat, and she has a strong background in multilateral engagement and global health research. Neena holds a Master of Science in Global Health from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is originally from Chicago, Illinois. She is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Anna Palagyi
Dr Anna Palagyi is a health systems scientist with expertise in co-design methodology and implementation studies with mixed-methods evaluation. She holds positions as Program Lead - Ageing & Health Systems in the Centre for Health Systems Science at The George Institute for Global Health and Conjoint Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney.
Anna's research centres on the co-design of effective implementation strategies to strengthen primary health care services in resource-constrained settings of the Asia-Pacific region. She has a particular interest in the development of appropriate health system responses to population ageing: Anna previously implemented a national longitudinal study on aspects of healthy ageing in older Australians with cataract, and currently collaborates with governments, civil society organisations and academic institutions across several Pacific Island countries to identify national healthy ageing policy, program and service priorities.
Anna is committed to evidence-informed health policy and practice. She has a strong track record of partnering with government stakeholders in the design and implementation of policy-relevant research, has co-authored commissioned reports for government bodies and advocacy groups, and has produced policy briefs for government departments.
Sarah Bench
Sarah is Chief People Officer at The George Institute. She is an established executive People & Culture leader who has broad international experience and a successful track record of over 20 years spent in the corporate, professional and financial services sectors.
Sarah is skilled in articulating purpose and vision and in designing and executing strategies to improve organisational effectiveness. She is passionate about working at the leadership level to transform and realise the potential of an organisation through its people, purpose and vision.
Recognised as a change agent, Sarah is able to transform team and business performance within HR and across businesses. Her customer-centred approach is combined with a strong commitment to teamwork, integrity and respect.
Sarah holds a BA (Psychology & Social Policy) and Masters of Industrial Relations & HR Management. She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.