Chris is the Programme Director for Multiple Long-Term Conditions at The George Institute for Global Health, UK and Clinical Reader in Global Brain Health at Imperial College London. He works clinically as a Cognitive Neurologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London.

He has a particular interest in the impact of multiple long-term conditions upon cognitive function in low and middle income countries and leads a programme of research on dementia and its co-morbidities in Latin America. His work is driven by the belief that high-quality, multi-disciplinary science can and should drive changes in public policy for the benefit of those most in need.

Chris trained in medicine at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh and completed specialist training in cognitive neurology in San Francisco and Oxford. His research has explored the ways in which memory and thinking are affected by brain diseases such as dementia and epilepsy. At The George Institute and Imperial College London, Chris’ work focuses on evaluating and improving brain health amongst disadvantaged communities and understanding how this relates to burden of chronic disease.

Professor Clara Chow is a cardiologist committed to reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease through prevention and innovative approaches to achieve this. She is Program Director Community Based Cardiac Services, Westmead Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Western Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.

She has a PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney and completed a postdoc in Cardiovascular epidemiology and clinical trials at McMaster University, Canada. Clara holds a Career Development Fellowship of the NHMRC co-funded by the National Heart Foundation. She has over 100 publications, focused on clinical and community approaches to cardiovascular prevention and including papers in leading international journals. She led the initial TEXT ME trial that showed text messaging programs were effective in lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and weight in patients with coronary heart disease. 

Daisy Coyle is a Research Fellow at The George Institute, Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and a Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW. She leads a program of work evaluating food policies to achieve healthier and more equitable diets. This research is supported by an NHMRC Emerging Leader Investigator Grant (2024-2028) and a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024-2025).

Daisy generates evidence to support the design and development of policies that can meaningfully improve public health and she works closely with NGOs, government, and public health and academic collaborators to translate this evidence into action. Her research interests span across ultra-processed foods, foods for early childhood, salt reduction and added sugars. She is also a media Dietitian and regularly provides expert commentary on a range of nutrition topics across radio, TV and print media nationally.

Daisy received her PhD from UNSW in 2021 for her work in evaluating efforts to improve the healthiness of the food supply in Australia, with a specific focus on food reformulation. Daisy also holds a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Newcastle (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Metabolism & Physiology) from the University of Sydney.

Professor David Brieger is an interventional cardiologist and head of the coronary care and coronary interventions at Concord Hospital and Professor of Cardiology, University of Sydney. His particular clinical interests include coronary disease and atrial fibrillation and he practices across the full spectrum of cardiac disease. He maintains an active research interest in new antithrombotic drugs for cardiac conditions, and the promotion of high quality care for patients during and following their hospitalization.

Dennis Mazingi is a medical doctor and general surgeon with a special interest in paediatric injury prevention, global surgery, and surgically correctable NCDs. He has worked in clinical medicine and surgery in southern Africa for almost a decade and is currently pursuing a DPhil in the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences in the global surgery group.

His work focuses on trauma surveillance and quality improvement in paediatric trauma care in Zimbabwe. He is ably supervised by Professor Kokila Lakhoo and Professor Ashok Handa at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and Professor Godfrey Muguti at the University of Zimbabwe.

Prior to joining The George Institute Dennis obtained his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Malawi, College of Medicine and an MMed (Master’s in Medicine) in General Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences. He holds a first-class degree in International Health and Tropical Medicine (IHTM) from the University of Oxford and is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa as well as a Beit Trust Scholar.

He has worked in various research collaboratives in the field of global surgery, paediatric surgery, and general surgery. Dennis’s other interests lie in clinical surgery, surgical education, disruptive health technologies, frugal innovations, health systems and implementation research.

Dennis wants to see a healthier, more prosperous, more equitable world through surgical care and research. His mission is to help accelerate progress towards SDG target 3.6: to halve the number of deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030 in Zimbabwe and globally; and to scale up quality surgical and anaesthesia care to the 5 billion people who need it through 2030 and beyond.

Professor Derek Chew is a clinical and interventional cardiologist as well as a clinical trialist and outcomes researcher in cardiovascular medicine. He has completed a Masters of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in quantitative methods.

He is a Senior Principal Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, and is the Regional Head of Cardiology for the Adelaide Health Service (Southern Region). Derek is the Head of the Flinders Clinical Trial Centre, and Chair of the Statewide Cardiology Clinical Network.

His clinical and research career is centred on the translation of current and future therapies and technologies in cardiology to improved patient outcomes in a clinically effective manner.

Dr Edward Mullins is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College, London and the George Institute for Global Health and Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London. He is also an NIHR ARC NWL Improvement Leader Fellow in the 2023 cohort.

His PhD at Imperial College investigated the fetal and maternal inflammatory response in Fetal Growth Restriction. Following this, Ed won a fellowship with Professor Dame Sally Davies, England CMO, as editor-in-chief of the CMO’s annual report, ‘Women: the health of the 51%.’ As an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Ed has investigated self-monitoring of maternal cardiovascular health and prevention of Gestational Diabetes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ed was seconded as clinical adviser to Professor Chris Whitty, England CMO, and produced rapid reviews on coronavirus infection in pregnancy and in children, which he presented to SAGE and formed the basis of clinical guidelines for the UK.

He is co-CI for PAN-COVID, an NIHR-funded global registry of women affected by suspected COVID-19 or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and their neonates. Ed is also co-CI for COM-SARS-2 study, an historical seroprevalence study in 11,000 maternal serum samples to evaluate the introduction and onset of community transmission of SARs-CoV-2 in NW London.

Ed has led a new clinical service to introduce post-birth contraception for all women in NW London, to allow women to access reliable family planning before discharge from their maternity service. He hopes to evaluate this and support national roll-out.

Dr Kelly Thompson is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Emerging Leader with The George Institute for Global Health. Concurrently she is Director of Research Operations at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.  

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Public Health from the School of Population Health within the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW, Sydney. She is a Registered Nurse, with a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Newcastle, with clinical experience in intensive care. 

Kelly’s primary research interest is in health and gender equity in the clinical area of infection and sepsis. She uses population level data to understand and improve equity in health outcomes for survivors of sepsis and critical illness. 

Srilatha is a trained Public Health professional with specialization in Social Epidemiology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She has experience working at various levels of health system programs for more than 6 years.

At George, she is working with the Mental Health team for project Adolescents’ Resilience and Treatment for Mental health in Indian Slums (ARTEMIS). Prior to this she was working in Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi as a Senior Research Assistant.

Her interest areas are implementing public health projects at the grass root level, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity building trainings. She has good experience working in thematic areas like Non-communicable Diseases, Reproductive and Child Health.

Dr. Rajesh is a BHMS graduate and has completed a Post Graduate Program in Clinical Research & Clinical Data Management. He is currently working as a Clinical Research Associate at the George Institute. He is ICH GCP certified and carries over all 16 years of healthcare industry experience under different therapeutic areas, Clinical research, and phases of Clinical Trials. He has expertise in pharmacokinetic sampling and processing, centralized & remote monitoring, source data verification, CAPA, and regulatory reporting. 

Earlier, he worked as a duty medical officer & Health administrator, overseeing clinic operations at a corporate setup. His responsibilities have included clinical data management, patient management, protocol development, training, and regulatory compliance. His work demonstrates a commitment to holistic healthcare delivery and continuous professional development.

Dr Rajeshree Sanyal works at the George Institute for Global Health as an Assistant Research Manager and Clinical Research Training Program (STOP-Epilepsy CRC) coordinator. She has 4+ years of experience in research management and holds a PhD in Microbiology from the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. She works in design, development, and delivery of institutional research capacity-strengthening programs. She has contributed to several online training programs courses for the institution in collaboration with regional offices. She co-manages the global Research Training learning management system (Moodle) and the institutional PhD program at The George Institute India. Her interests lie in research capacity strengthening, instructional design, digital learning technologies, and IP. 

Before joining the George Institute, Rajeshree was at the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance as a Grants Advisor and Competition secretary. 

Rebecca has been at The George Institute Australia for 13 years, and was first part of the project operations team where she started as a clinical trials assistant on Kanyini Guidelines Adherence with the Polypill Study (Kanyini GAP) and then continued her career development within APO becoming a Clinical Research Associate and then a Senior Clinical Research Associate, during this time she has worked on many different projects within various programs at The Institute including renal and metabolic, neurological, critical care, cardiovascular and oncology programs.

Rebecca is now the Quality Assurance officer for Australia where she is now using her experience by supporting and assisting staff and researchers in the Australia office and the global Quality Assurance (QA) Team in their quality activities under the Quality Assurance Framework, Rebecca is also responsible for the coordination, reporting and training on research quality processes within Australia, and together with the Centre for Operational and Research Excellence (CORE) QA team providing training and advice of quality assurance, risk management, and QA training to the Australia office, including the coordination of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training at The Institute.