Dr Katie Harris is a Senior Research Fellow in the Professorial Unit at the George Institute for Global Health. Her areas of expertise include Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, awarded a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Leeds, UK. She also holds a conjoint lecturer at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Katie has extensive experience working with big data, including population-based, linked and non-linked datasets, and clinical trials data. Her current research interests are in sex and gender differences, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, and dementia and cognitive decline.

Dr Kissock is a distinguished researcher and academic specialising in nutrition, dietetics and public health. She currently holds the position of Research Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health and serves as a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

Dr Kissock holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Wollongong, Australia focusing on how different definitions of whole-grain foods impact health outcomes and promotional strategies. Her research in this area has been influential, with publications in leading journals.

Dr Kissock addresses critical global health issues at The George Institute, notably through her research on the development and implementation of potassium-enriched salt as a strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and research on sodium reduction in China and Nigeria. Dr Kissock has presented her findings at major international conferences, and her efforts have garnered significant grants and multiple awards, reflecting her impact in the field.

Beyond her research, Dr Kissock is actively involved in academic service. She reviews for scientific journals, co-chairs the Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) group at The George Institute, is an Early-Career Researcher committee member of the Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine Theme at the University of New South Wales and is a member of various national and international working groups.

Dr. Kissock continues to make a significant impact on public health by enhancing the understanding and implementation of innovative dietary strategies and making substantial contributions to global health initiatives.

Keerthi joined The George Institute India in 2018 as Research Assistant for urban health project. She has contributed last 5 years in managing the urban health project funded by HCLF in Andhra Pradesh.

She graduated in bachelor’s in dental surgery. She practiced dentistry for a year and completed her post-graduation in Public Health with a specialisation in Epidemiology from Manipal University, Karnataka. Before joining The Institue, she has worked in Divya Disha (a Not-for-profit working in 20 urban slums in Hyderabad) as a Research and Development Officer for 2 years. She designed and led child-centric interventions to improve basic living conditions in vulnerable communities through the lens of child rights.  A co-author of “An Implementation Handbook for functionaries of the National Legal Services Authorities (NALSA) for Child-Friendly Legal Services to Children and Their Protection (CFLSCTP). She has worked with Telangana State Institute of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (TSIPARD) to conduct training sessions on health with state officials.

Yakubu is a Research Fellow with the Guunu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal & Torres Strait Research Program and the Health Systems’ Program on Implementation for Health Equity. He also co-leads The George Institute’s Ubuntu Initiative for Partnerships in Africa.

The Guunu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program at The George Institute drives meaningful and ethical research and advocacy to transform the health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples and communities. The George Institute’s Health System’s Program on Implementation for Health Equity aims to enhance health and social outcomes in underserved communities by improving knowledge of research methodologies that address health equity through implementation research and embedding process evaluations within applied research. Through the Ubuntu Initiative, The George Institute seeks to expand the scope of its research engagement with researchers and institutions on the Africa continent in a culturally safe, people-centred and sustainable way.

Yakubu’s research interests includes understanding and improving governance at the intersection of health and social systems, improving the health of multi-cultural communities, conducting and evaluating complex interventions aimed at promoting health equity. 

Yakubu is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians as well as the Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College in Family Medicine. In addition to his clinical training, he earned an MPhil (Family Medicine) from Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa, and an MBA (Health Units Management) from the Cyprus Institute of Marketing. While in Nigeria, his research and professional efforts were focused on understanding and improving the learning experiences of undergraduate and graduate trainees in family medicine, as well as identifying family-centred approaches to improving health service delivery. 

He completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine and Health in Sydney and his PhD Thesis investigated global and domestic governance systems for skilled health worker migration, the extent to which they feature human rights norms, and the opportunities for achieving equitable global health workforce distribution. 

Kerry actively manages all peer-reviewed funding processes and procedure for TGI Australia by providing and coordinating pre-award support to all academics and researchers.

She oversees post-award management of successful research grant applications.

Kylie is Chief of Staff at The George Institute for Global Health. She has 30 years’ experience in senior government, diplomatic and consulting positions. Kylie’s areas of expertise include international business strategy and growth, partnerships and stakeholder management, and business transformation. 

Before joining The George Institute, Kylie was a Deputy Secretary in the NSW State Government, responsible for its trade and investment portfolio, including its international network of trade offices. She was a Director at global advisory firm EY, and earlier worked for the Australian Federal Government for more than 15 years in senior diplomatic roles working in India, Southeast Asia and Europe. 

Kylie holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Sydney and has undertaken various post graduate leadership programmes, including at the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Lachlan is an intensive care specialist who works at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.

Lachlan is an early career researcher and is currently enrolled in a PhD as a Scientia Scholar (UNSW) focussed on Acute Kidney Injury is Sepsis under the supervision of Prof Bala Venkatesh, Dr Naomi Hammond and Prof John Myburgh. He previously completed a Masters of Philosophy (USYD) focused on analytical bias in meta-analysis. Other research interests include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes in critical care, neurocritical care, burns injury and the quality of ICU survivorship for patients and their carers.

Laurent is Director of Biostatistics and Data Science at the George Institute for Global Health and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of New South Wales. He also holds an adjunct professorial appointment at the University of Bordeaux. 

His research focuses on biostatistics and their application to clinical and health services research. He is recognised internationally for his leading role in the design and analysis of large-scale trials in critical care, cardiovascular, neurological and musculoskeletal diseases.

He holds a Master of Science in Statistics and Computer Science and a Master of Research in Public Health (Biostatistics). He is an accredited statistician by the Statistical Society of Australia (AStat).

Dr. Lili Song MD PhD, is the Head of Stroke division, senior research fellow at The George Institute China, and senior lecturer at Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. She has been a neurologist for 15 years and has clinical research experience for 8 years. She has worked in several GI stroke clinical trials (ENCHANTED, INTERACT, SAVE, HeadPost, TRIDENT, BEYOND 7, etc), with Professor Craig Anderson, providing academic input as well as day-to-day operational direction.

She joined The George China from 2016 and currently manages several large scale clinical trials including INTERACT3, INTERACT4, ENCHANTED2 and TRIDENT CHINA - as the main research fellow and the global project lead. She holds several small seed grants from GI and World Heart Foundation and she has successfully awarded a MRC joint funding as CIB in 2019. She is a reviewer for several high-ranking clinical journals including Stroke, Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke, etc. She has been selected one of 2018 Emerging Leaders by the World Heart Foundation. Now she is co-supervisor for 2 PhD students.

Yunyun (Lily) Zhu Chief Representative of The George Institute for Global Health, Beijing Representative Office, Master of Economics.

Graduated from the University of International Business and Economics, she ever worked in commercial sectors and international charities, and has been committed to the non-for-profit sectors for many years, especially in the fields of children's development, healthcare and life science. She has more than 20 years of management experience and is expert in corporate governance, regulatory compliance, business development and operations management.

Lindsay Complin is Global Director for Communications and Marketing at The George Institute for Global Health where she leads a programme to protect and promote the organisation’s global reputation encompassing media relations, social media, website content, marketing and internal communications.

Lindsay has spent her career working in journalism and in PR and communications.  Prior to joining The George Institute in August 2022, she worked for seven years for the British Heart Foundation as Director of Corporate Affairs.

Lindsay is an accredited EMCC coach and has an OCM Diploma in Coaching Supervision.

Professor Lisa Keay is Head of the School of Optometry and Vision Science and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. She has developed links with government, community organisations and other stakeholders to identify key, policy-relevant research questions and to answer them with high quality research.  Her research tackles the two major causes of injury to older people: falls and road traffic injuries.

She is an injury epidemiologist with a PhD in ophthalmic epidemiology and Masters of Public Health University of NSW Wales and a post-doctoral research fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.