Dr Thomas Gadsden is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health, and a Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW Sydney. 

His research focuses on health systems strengthening, with expertise in discrete choice experiments, evidence synthesis, and evaluation. His PhD research examined the design of appropriate incentives for community health workers in Indonesia.

Tom has held diverse roles across the health sector, including as a Public Health Officer Trainee at the NSW Ministry of Health, Health Financing Officer for the WHO Country Office in Lao PDR, and Australian Youth Ambassador for Development. He also worked as a youth worker in remote Aboriginal communities. 

Tom has a strong track record of partnering with government stakeholders and has authored commissioned reports and policy briefs for Australian government agencies and the World Health Organization.