Podcasts
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
Bitesize: Why is eating less salt important for heart health
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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.
A masterclass on systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Veronica Le Nevez
Veronica Le Nevez is Head of Impact and Engagement Australia at The George Institute for Global Health, where she leads the Institute’s advocacy and policy engagement activities in Australia and the Pacific region to help increase the impact of the institute’s health and medical research. Programmes of activity include preventive health, food and nutrition, primary care, injury, better treatments for non-communicable diseases, women’s health and critical care, and others.
Veronica has spent her career in public policy, having worked extensively in the environment portfolio and in digital innovation. Prior to joining The George Institute, Veronica was General Manager Policy and Advocacy at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and held policy development and implementation roles at the University of Sydney. Veronica has a Bachelor of Science in Resource and Environmental Management, and a Master of Environmental Science from Macquarie University and is currently studying a Masters of Business Administration at the University of New South Wales.
Georgia White
Georgia is a Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor for the Impact and Engagement team at The George Institute, based in the Sydney office. Georgia supports the Institute’s advocacy and political engagement activities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Her main programmes of activity include women’s health, preventive health, and improving health systems to achieve equity.
Georgia White is an experienced policy professional focused on global health both within government and the non-profit sector. Prior to joining The George Institute, she worked for several years at a global non-profit focused on HIV and TB in New York City. She has also worked as a senior policy adviser within the Victorian Government and in Cambodia as part of Australia’s official development assistance program. Georgia has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Master in Health Policy from The University of Sydney.