Abdul Salam is a clinical and public health researcher interested in cardiovascular disease prevention. He is particularly interested in developing, evaluating, and implementing novel low-cost pharmacological interventions. He has experience in clinical trials, systematic reviews and qualitative health research. Abdul Salam has a Master of Pharmacy (Pharmacology) from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, and a PhD in Medicine from The University of Sydney, Australia.

Ameer has a back ground in sociology. Prior to joining George Institute he served as Field Manager in the Administrative Staff College of India and Public Health Foundation of India. He has more than ten years experience in planning and managing large scale population based public health research studies.

He has particular expertise in community mobilization, site assessments, field management, and participatory mapping. He is currently working on the SMART Health project.

Murari is currently working as a Statistical Programmer in the George Institute or Global Health. He is an engineering graduate with Masters in Clinical Research from Medical University of South Carolina, USA. Additionally, he holds a Diploma in Clinical Data Management and Global Base and Advanced SAS Certification. He has 6 years of experience in Clinical Research domain and has worked extensively in Clinical Data Management and Statistical Programming. He has worked in Preterm Birth Cohort, Comprehensive National Nutritional Survey, Breast cancer and Tuberculosis Vaccine trial.  His area of expertise includes database programming and Biostatistics.

Namrata Nath Kumar is a Clinical Research Associate for the Renal and Metabolic Division. She has worked in the division since 2013, and is passionate about clinical trials to help improve patients’ quality of life. Her work on the SHARP-ER study introduced her to clinical research operations, where she was involved in coordination of site finance, patient surveys and data linkage processes with MBS and PBS datasets. She currently manages sites across Australia and New Zealand for the PRESERVE study, a double-blinded randomised controlled trial in the Cardiology setting. Through this study Namrata has become familiar with HREC and Governance processes across both countries, in addition to investigational product accountability, central labs and safety processes. In 2016 Namrata commenced on the STARRT-AKI study, which has widened her knowledge base to include Intensive Care clinical research. Her monitoring role on this project takes on responsibilities in site feasibility, start-up, initiation, and data management. While learning and growing in the clinical research field, Namrata sees herself pursuing further studies in public health and managing research projects in the near future.

Nikita is a physician with training in public health and health management. She completed an undergraduate degree in medicine from Bangalore, India and holds master’s degrees in international public health and health management from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

At the George Institute, Nikita is involved in the operationalisation and management of several academic randomised clinical trials in the area of renal disease, critical care and COVID-19. Nikita works closely with sponsors, trial steering committees, regulatory authorities, ethics committees and clinical sites across India to conduct trials ethically, and efficiently.

In addition to trial management, Nikita is currently a certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trainer and trains researchers, project managers and clinical site staff on good practices in clinical research. Her interests lie in clinical trial methodology, project management and data management.

Coming from a Software Engineering background with several years’ of experience, Nipuna was offered a UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship in 2018 under Associate Professor Julie Brown, to work on a digital intervention as a mobile app to help parents prevent falls in children < 1 year and the intervention is to be developed based on behaviour theories, thus working as a Digital Behaviour Change Intervention (DBCI).

Nipuna is passionate about Digital Behaviour Change Intervention development, to improve people’s health and looks forward to exploring the potential of DBCIs for public health problems.

Niveditha is a medical doctor, trained in clinical research and applied statistics with over 15 years of experience in clinical and public health research. She completed her Masters in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and PhD from Deakin University, Australia. She is a recipient of the prestigious DBT/Wellcome Trust–India alliance Intermediate Clinical and Public Health fellowship (2020) for the design and evaluation of a technology-based post knee arthroplasty rehabilitation monitoring strategy. She has been involved in the design and analysis of several multicentre randomised controlled trials in maternal health and cardiovascular disease.

At The George Institute India, she is Program Lead of Academic Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU), which aims to expand the capacity to conduct clinical trials for chronic diseases with an emphasis on quality and efficiency. She is also actively engaged in optimising management of clinical trials data using less resource-intensive methods. Prior to joining The George Institute, she worked for the Public Health Foundation of India, as an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi.

Roy is a Global health researcher with a focus on Trauma outcomes and surgical healthcare systems in resource-poor settings. His academic, clinical and research career as the Professor & Chief of Surgical services at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Hospital, HBNI University, Mumbai (an Universal Health Care scheme), spanned two decades.

On the health policy front, Roy has been the Technical Officer globally for Surgery & Anaesthesia in the Clinical Services & Systems unit at WHO Headquarters, Geneva; the Southeast Asia Regional Health Hub lead at Oxford Policy Management, the National Advisor; Public Health Planning and Evidence at NHSRC - Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) India; Director, State Health Systems Strengthening and Knowledge partnerships at CARE-India, Bihar.

Norbert Berend is Head of Respiratory Research at the George Institute for Global Health and a member of the physiology group at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research of which he was the Director from 2000 to 2012. He holds the academic title of Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney; Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney; and is a Visiting or Honorary Professor at three Chinese Universities.

He is a past President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. He has also held positions with the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society. Norbert’s research interests include the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD and clinical intervention studies to improve the outcome of airways disease.

Norbert is a recipient of the TSANZ Medal, the APSR Medal and has received an Award of Merit from the European Respiratory Society. In 2003 Norbert was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to respiratory medicine.

Palash is a Research Fellow at the George Institute, India and involves in various health economics projects. He is a commerce graduate with 15 years of work experience. He is passionate about working in the community and was involved in projects related to diarrhoeal diseases, immunization and tuberculosis. Before joining at The George Institute India, we worked at the Indian Council of Medical Research institute in Kolkata and Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi.

Pallab leads Research department at The George Institute for Global Health, India. He trained as a psychiatrist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, received training in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as Johns Hopkins School of Public Health where he pursued his Masters and Doctoral training, respectively.

Professor Maulik has worked with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva on Project Atlas and other mental health programs, and clinically as a psychiatrist in India and Australia. He has worked for more than 25 years in global mental health and has research network across multiple countries and institutions where he is affiliated with and with whom he collaborates on many projects.  

His particular research interests include social determinants of health, especially mental health services, mental disorders, international mental health, and intellectual disability. He is a Principal Investigator or co-investigator on many large mental health projects in India and abroad. He primarily focuses on delivering affordable and accessible mental health care for disadvantaged and marginalized communities in India, while using technology-enabled solutions to enable the health system to function more efficiently. He also leads a significant programme of work on stigma related to mental health. He was an Intermediate Career Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Fellow from 2014-19 and currently is a Senior Fellow of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance.

Dr Parisa Glass is the Director of Innovation and Enterprise for The George Institute for Global Health. In this role, she leads Health 10x Accelerator in partnership with UNSW Sydney. Health 10x accelerator supports startups developing affordable and scalable solutions to some of the most pressing unmet medical needs, globally. 

Parisa also leads UNSW Clinical Research Unit (CRU) which is collaborative program with The George Institute. UNSW CRU supports clinical researchers across UNSW network with operational and academic expertise, systems and tools to conduct high quality and impactful research efficiently and in accordance with best practice guidelines.  

Parisa has a PhD in Biomedical Science and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA). Parisa also holds a Senior Lecturer position with UNSW Sydney.

Parisa joined The George Institute for Global Health in 2008. She has over twenty years’ experience in health and university sectors in an operational and academic capacity. Her expertise is in operational leadership & optimisation, strategic planning, coaching & mentoring, managing change, financial management, program development and management, contract negotiations, stakeholder management and recruiting and developing top talent.