Vaibhav Chauhan
Vaibhav Chauhan is the Director of Finance and Administration at George Institute for Global Health India, where he leads the Institute’s financial strategy, governance, and operational excellence. A seasoned finance leader, Vaibhav brings deep expertise across accounting, financial planning, legal, controllership, taxation, compliance, and enterprise operations.
Before joining The George Institute, Vaibhav headed the Finance and Operations of Protiviti India, a NYSE multi bn $ group, where he played a pivotal role in steering financial transformation and enabling sustained business growth. His career spans distinguished leadership positions at bioMérieux, SRF Limited, and HCL Technologies, reflecting his ability to navigate diverse industries and complex financial landscapes.
A multi-qualified professional, Vaibhav is a Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary, and a US Certified Public Accountant. He holds a Commerce degree from Delhi University and a postgraduate qualification from IMT. Driven by a passion for innovation, he is actively advancing his expertise in AI and machine learning to elevate financial strategy and decision-making.
Vaibhav’s leadership and impact have earned him several prestigious recognitions, including India’s Top 100 CFOs, Business World’s Top 40 CFOs Under 40 & Exceptional Finance Manager, and the Financial Express’s Finance Visionary Leader award.
A tax on unhealthy foods could save 212,000 Australian lives and $15 billion in healthcare costs
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Tazman Davies
Tazman Davies is a PhD Candidate and Research Associate in the Food Policy Division. His research focuses on population-level nutrition and alcohol policies for large-scale improvements in health. He has a particular interest in WHO “best buys” for addressing non-communicable diseases.
His PhD examines the potential effectiveness and implementation feasibility of health-promoting food taxes and subsidies in Australia. Tazman holds a BSc (Advanced Mathematics) from the University of Sydney and an MSc (Health Data Science) from UNSW. He has authored more than 20 peer reviewed publications, including first-author papers in Nature Food and The Lancet Public Health.
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Professor Stephen Jan
Prof Stephen Jan is Director of Health Systems Science at the George Institute for Global Health, Conjoint Professor of Health Economics at the University of New South Wales, and Professor of Health Systems at Imperial College London. He holds Adjunct Professorships at City University of Hong Kong and Walter Sisulu University in South Africa and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. His areas of expertise are health systems, economic evaluation, health financing, choice experiments and health sector priority setting.
Potassium-enriched low‑sodium salt substitutes: from consensus to clinical and public health action in India
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Professor Martin Gallagher
Martin is Professorial Fellow at the George Institute, Head of the South Western Sydney Campus for the Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW, and a clinical nephrologist at Liverpool Hospital.
He has worked extensively within the ANZ Society of Nephrology in renal guidelines, clinical policy and research.
Martin’s research interests include large scale clinical trials to explore ways to improve the outcomes of patients with kidney disease (esp in the setting of acute kidney injury), measurement of health systems and applying research evidence into clinical practice.