Lachlan is an Intensive Care Specialist who works at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. He holds appointments as Honorary Research Fellow at The George Institute, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

Lachlan is an early career researcher having completed his PhD in 2025 (UNSW). He has an interest in Acute Kidney Injury research, as well as sepsis, neurocritical care, burns injury and the quality of ICU survivorship for patients and their carers. He previously completed a masters focused on analytical bias in meta-analysis.  

Niveditha is a medical doctor, trained in clinical research and applied statistics with over 15 years of experience in clinical and public health research. She completed her Masters in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and PhD from Deakin University, Australia. She is a recipient of the prestigious DBT/Wellcome Trust–India alliance Intermediate Clinical and Public Health fellowship (2020) for the design and evaluation of a technology-based post knee arthroplasty rehabilitation monitoring strategy. She has been involved in the design and analysis of several multicentre randomised controlled trials in maternal health and cardiovascular disease.

At The George Institute India, she is Program Head of Academic Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU), which aims to expand the capacity to conduct clinical trials for chronic diseases with an emphasis on quality and efficiency. She is also actively engaged in optimising management of clinical trials data using less resource-intensive methods. Prior to joining The George Institute, she worked for the Public Health Foundation of India, as an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi.

Sindhu is the Head of Data Management. Following completion of her Master’s degree in Clinical Data Management from the University of Sydney, she has fulfilled a variety of data and systems orientated roles across the research, hospital, pathology, medical device, biotechnology and health charity sectors.

Her expertise includes clinical data management, software implementation, project management, business analysis, gap analysis, process re-engineering, risk management, change management, systems validation, systems integration, privacy and data governance.

One of her key achievements at The George Institute has been leading the development and implementation of the SPoT database which has substantially improved the tracking and reporting of key Institute research activity such as funding, projects and publications.

Gloria Benny is a Research Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. She holds a Master’s in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore and a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Sociology from Christian Medical College, Vellore. Gloria has research interest in various areas like, Tribal health, Health equity, Social Determinants of Health and Health systems research.

Anna is HR & Communications Coordinator for the UK team. She is responsible for HR matters within the UK team, as well as supporting global HR projects and internal communications.

Outside of work, Anna is a qualified life coach and is studying a Masters in Psychology (Conversion). Anna has a strong interest in mental health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

Stacie is a PhD student at UNSW and works in the Injury Division at The George Institute for Global Health. Stacie has been educating communities and advocating for better health outcomes in vulnerable groups since 2000, specifically in child injury prevention. She holds a Master of Public Health and is dedicated reducing unintentional childhood injury due to road trauma.

Catherine is a Associate Project Manager working in the Injury Division at The George Institute for Global Health. Catherine has been working within the Injury space since 2014. With a background in Health and Health Promotion, her expertise lies within child safety, particularly, child passenger safety in vehicles.

Her main roles are in project delivery and management. Catherine has extensive experience preparing ethics applications for committee reviews, recruiting participants for projects, developing databases to meet project needs, collecting data from research participants, managing research and participant data to ensure compliance, drafting reports to stakeholders and manuscripts for publication. She recently completed data collection for a randomised controlled trial involving 427 participants. Catherine conducted home visits to assess correctness of car seat installation 6-months after parents/families received an intervention developed by the research team.

Previously, Catherine has conducted qualitative interviews with parents and families from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to identify user needs in child restraint safety information. Similarly, she has been involved in focus group work with motorcyclists to investigate rider needs in protective clothing. Aside from conducting fieldwork, she has also been involved in numerous laboratory-based studies focusing on improving usability of child restraints and improving the comprehension and delivery of child restraint safety information.

Timothy Longstaff is a Non-Executive Director of Aurizon, Channel Nine, Ingham and Perenti Global. He is also a Member of the Australian Treasury’s Takeovers Panel.

Tim spent most of his career in global investment banking, leading mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and strategic transformation assignments for organisations including Managing Director of Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank. He also acted as a Senior Advisor to the Australian Minister for Trade and Investment, Simon Birmingham from 2018 to 2021.

Tim joined the Board in January 2022 and is Chair of the Risk Committee and Member of the Audit Committee.

Nikita is a physician with training in public health and health management. She completed an undergraduate degree in medicine from Bangalore, India and holds master’s degrees in international public health and health management from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

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

In addition to trial management, Nikita is currently a certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) trainer and trains researchers, project managers and clinical site staff on good practices in clinical research. Her interests lie in clinical trial methodology, project management and data management.

Dr Maddie Heenan is a public health researcher, program manager and policy expert. She is a Project Manager in the Health Systems Science division at The George Institute for Global Health and an Associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW. Maddie brings extensive experience in health systems research, program management, strategy development, partnerships and stakeholder engagement, knowledge translation and strategic communication.

Her research interests include public health governance and regulation, policy development and implementation, research–policy partnerships, political economy, food and alcohol policy, and the commercial and social determinants of health. She also has expertise in qualitative evaluation and applied policy research.

Maddie has worked closely with government through policy dialogues, co design processes and commissioned research projects. She has served as an independent evaluator and provided advisory support across a range of public health and policy initiatives. An experienced facilitator, public speaker and negotiator, her career spans academia, policy, advocacy, government relations and program delivery.

Dr Kristy Law is a Research Fellow and Accredited Practicing Dietitian at The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on advancing Food Is Medicine (FIM) approaches to address diet-related chronic disease and food insecurity through rigorous clinical research and implementation science.

Kristy's PhD examined the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of Food Is Medicine interventions in Australia, with a particular focus on medically tailored meals. As part of her doctoral work, she co-led Australia's first Medically Tailored Meals randomised controlled trial for adults with type 2 diabetes (n=230), in partnership with Professor Jason Wu. This landmark trial generated critical evidence to inform the design, scalability, and future evaluation of Food Is Medicine interventions in the Australian healthcare context.

Dr Law has experience in developing and implementing nutrition and dietetic services with food‑insecure populations, including women and families in Perth, Australia; at‑risk youth in New Jersey, USA; and rural and remote communities in Western Australia. She has also contributed to public health nutrition initiatives supporting government policies focused on food environments and obesity prevention.

Kristy's background informs her focus on supporting localised implementation and uptake of FIM programs. Her research centres on building multisectoral collaborations to understand how FIM programs can be designed and implemented in ways that respond to community needs and health system contexts. Drawing on real‑world experience, she aims to translate research findings into practical strategies to improve population health and support equitable prevention and management of chronic disease.

Deepika comes from an interdisciplinary background with science, management and policy degrees and holds a PhD in Public Health Policy from IIM Ahmedabad, India. Deepika holds widespread experience in consulting with various national and international development sector organisations namely UNICEF, UHC2030, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Oxford Policy Management, India. Her work over the past decade has been focused on the intersection of health and gender, including healthcare for the frontline workforce, SRHR with a specific focus on adolescents and sustainable menstruation, mental health, women leadership and unpacking laws and regulations from the citizen's rights perspective.

Deepika writes on public health issues and her experiences as an emerging global health researcher, questioning the regressive social norms and systems, particularly for women, demanding for equitable and responsive health and social policies in India. Deepika is an Emerging Voice for Global Health (EV4GH 2016), co-founder and current chair of the Women in Global Health India Chapter and is a strong advocate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in all spaces. Some of her short pieces can be accessed here, and here. Her recent podcast with Arthan Careers in Conversations of Change, where she reflects on her journey and women’s leadership in global health can be watched here.

At the George Institute, Deepika is currently working with the Global Thought Leadership Program, supporting with strategic thinking towards strengthening the visibility of The George Institute’s work regionally and globally. She is also managing Ubuntu Initiative focused on building equitable partnerships in Africa, focused on research, capacity strengthening, and impact and engagement.