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.

Shani completed her bachelor’s in Medical Biotechnology and holds a Master’s degree in Public health from Amity University, India. In addition, Shani completed a course in Clinical Trial Fundamentals facilitated by Monash University, Australia and Project Management Fundamentals  by Australian Institute of Management.

Prior to joining George Institute, she worked as a Junior research fellow at the International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN) New Delhi on multiple epidemiological studies and was involved in project designing and database management. Presently, she is involved in the operations and management of academic randomised clinical trials like Long Covid ,PACE in COPD and works closely with the trial steering committees, regulatory authorities, ethics committees and clinical sites across India to conduct trials ethically and efficiently.

Dr Suparna is a nutritionist by training and has more than 26 years of experience as a clinical, academic and research nutritionist. At The George Institute, she is actively engaged in research projects on food systems, its drivers, food security, food and nutrition policy, dietary diversity and nutritional status of women and children in vulnerable communities.

Before joining The George Institute, she has worked at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) as a Professor and Head, Community Nutrition, a faculty at Delhi University, a research dietitian at The Children‘s Hospital at Westmead, Australia, a consultant at the Planning Commission of India and a senior clinical nutritionist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

Her research interests include developing innovative tools for nutritional assessment, evaluation of nutrition-specific programs, developing low-cost food-based solutions to address malnutrition and food policies to address non -communicable diseases in India. In clinical nutrition, she has a special interest in medical nutrition therapy for children with inborn errors of metabolism. She is an expert member of the steering committee for Public Health and Nutrition under the department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. She is also a member of the taskforce formed by the Government of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, to reduce MMR, NMR, IMR and malnutrition in the state.

Aishwarya is a dental surgeon with training in public health. She completed her undergraduate training from Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research in Faridabad, India. She holds a master’s degree in public health and health promotion from Brunel University, United Kingdom. In addition, recently Aishwarya completed a course in Clinical Trial Fundamentals facilitated by Monash University, Australia

At the George Institute, Aishwarya is involved in the operationalisation and management of several clinical trials and academic randomised clinical trials in areas of renal disease, cardiovascular diseases, and COVID-19. Aishwarya works closely with the trial sponsors, regulatory authorities, ethics committees and clinical sites across India to conduct trials ethically and efficiently.

Manoj is Data Manager at the George Institute. He is a post-graduate in computer sciences and population studies with 15 years of experience in data management of health research data that includes- database design, implementation and data analysis using various applications. He has experience of working with national and international surveys (NFHS, DLHS, SAGE, GATS) and academic clinical trials. Before joining The George Institute, he worked at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India and Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur.

Murari is currently working as a Statistical Programmer in the George Institute or Global Health. He is an engineering graduate with Masters in Clinical Research from Medical University of South Carolina, USA. Additionally, he holds a Diploma in Clinical Data Management and Global Base and Advanced SAS Certification. He has 6 years of experience in Clinical Research domain and has worked extensively in Clinical Data Management and Statistical Programming. He has worked in Preterm Birth Cohort, Comprehensive National Nutritional Survey, Breast cancer and Tuberculosis Vaccine trial.  His area of expertise includes database programming and Biostatistics.

Professor Berwanger leads the Institute’s work in the UK in partnership with Imperial College London, with a core focus on health systems science, multimorbidity, women’s health, large-scale clinical trials and planetary health. He is also building on his personal research interests in exploring innovative clinical trial models, as well as the conduct of efficient implementation science studies.

Prior to joining The George Institute, he was Director of the Academic Research Organisation (ARO) of the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. An esteemed cardiologist and clinical trialist, Professor Berwanger has extensive research and managerial experience and has led large-scale, randomised clinical trials nationally and internationally across many countries including Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Colombia. Trials led by him have been published in high-impact journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, JAMA and the BMJ.

Assistant Professor Shweta Gidwani (MBBS, MRCEM, FRCEM) is a practicing emergency medicine physician at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK where she holds a substantive appointment since 2013, serving as the global emergency medicine and quality improvement lead there. For the last 10 yrs she has also held an adjunct Assistant Professor faculty position at Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University, USA and a core member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Global Emergency Medicine committee.

Her work focuses on emergency care capacity building through innovative training models with a view to build provider capacity at scale and build health system and workforce resilience,  particularly in LMICs, She has over a decade of experience on the field through partnership projects in a number of countries including India, Uganda and Ghana. 

Her main interests include emergency medicine curriculum development, medical education, trauma care, wellbeing, HIV testing in non-traditional settings, patient safety, quality improvement and digital health. She is an advocate for the role of emergency medicine practitioners in improving health outcomes in countries where emergency medicine is a developing speciality.

She graduated from Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India in 2002. She completed her core training in Emergency Medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary and St Helens' and Knowsley Trust, UK and then moved to London where she completed her Fellowship in Emergency Medicine with a focus on global health and patient safety.

The recent Imperial College and The George Institute, UK partnership, has given her the opportunity to bring her academic and field work in global emergency care closer to home and she is delighted to be joining the dynamic and inspiring injury prevention team at The George Institute as a Senior Fellow.

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.

Sarah is Chief People Officer at The George Institute. She is an established executive People & Culture leader who has broad international experience and a successful track record of over 20 years spent in the corporate, professional and financial services sectors.

Sarah is skilled in articulating purpose and vision and in designing and executing strategies to improve organisational effectiveness. She is passionate about working at the leadership level to transform and realise the potential of an organisation through its people, purpose and vision. 

Recognised as a change agent, Sarah is able to transform team and business performance within HR and across businesses. Her customer-centred approach is combined with a strong commitment to teamwork, integrity and respect.

Sarah holds a BA (Psychology & Social Policy) and Masters of Industrial Relations & HR Management. She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 

Dr. Ankita Mukherjee is a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute. Ankita holds the DBT/Wellcome India Alliance Early Career Fellowship in Clinical and Public Health. Her fellowship project DAYARA aims to co-create a mental health promotion intervention for Scheduled Tribe communities in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh.  

Ankita also provides qualitative research support (process evaluation, formative evaluation) to several projects in the mental health programme, including SMART Mental Health and ARTEMIS, INDIGO and ANUMATI 2.0. In her work, she regularly interacts with communities, service providers and other stakeholders to understand their perspectives on projects and their implementation.

Her other interest is applying Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) to improve access to quality mental health care.

Ankita holds an M.Phil and PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Maarinke is the Program Lead for the Global Thought Leadership Program, in the Impact and Engagement team. She is an innovation specialist, translating research insights for different audiences into a range of formats and complimenting advocacy efforts on preventable disease and injury. Maarinke is particularly interested in finding links between silos, working across specialisations, and connecting people and ideas, joining skills and expertise to deliver strong outcomes.

Maarinke joined the George Institute in 2018, establishing activities such as data visualisation, interactive stories and podcasts. Since then, Maarinke has further developed The Global Thought Leadership program, designing the Emerging Thought Leader Program - a 6 month capacity strengthening program to train and coach early-mid career researchers and subject matter experts- as well as the Distinguished Fellow Program, engaging and collaborating on thought leadership activities with a network of renowned experts around the globe.

Prior to working at The George Institute, Maarinke worked in other technical industries, including medicines education, insurance, finance and IT. Maarinke has a Masters in International Law and International Relations, Graduate Certificate in Health Policy and Health Communications, and a Bachelor of Business with double major in Marketing and Management.