Organising Committee

Academic Team

  • Professor Christina Mitchell AO

    2024 International
    Co-President, World Health Summit; Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Sophia Zoungas

    2024 International
    Co-President, World Health Summit; Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Sally Green

    Program Committee Co-Chair; Deputy Head (Research), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Dragan Ilic

    Program Committee Co-Chair; Deputy Head (Education), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

Executive Team

  • Rhiannon Tate

    Director, 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting; Director, Strategy and External Relations, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Dr Mariah Csolle

    Project Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Olivia Bonanno

    Project Officer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Kirsten Marks

    Marketing Manager, 2024 World Health Summit Regional Meeting; Marketing & Communications Coordinator, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Jackie Conheady

    Director, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Dr Svetozar Kovacevic

    Director, Research and Graduate Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Dr Jayamini Illesinghe

    School Manager, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

Program Committee

  • Associate Professor Jonathan Abrahams

    Director, Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia

  • Professor Karen Adams

    Director, Gukwonderuk - Indigenous Health, Monash University, Australia

  • Associate Professor Clare Arnott

    Global Director of Cardiovascular Program, The George Institute for Global Health, Australia

  • Professor Colin Bell

    Professor of Public Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University; Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University

  • Associate Professor Angie Bone

    Associate Professor of Practice, Planetary Health, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Australia

  • Professor Tony Capon

    Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Cath Chamblerlain

    Head, Indigenous Health Equity Unit, Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Alex Dandanis

    Strategic Communications Manager, VicHealth, Australia

  • Dr Sandro Demaio

    Chief Executive Officer, VicHealth, Australia

  • Professor Jane Fisher AO

    Finkel Professor of Global Health, Director of Global and Women’s Health; Co-Lead, Division of Planetary Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Martin Foley

    Professor of Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Russell Gruen

    Dean of the College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University

  • Professor Caroline Homer AO

    Deputy Director, Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Co-Head, Global Women’s and Newborn Health, Burnet Institute, Australia

  • Dr Adnan Hyder

    Professor of Global Health and Senior Associate Dean for Research, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, USA

  • Professor Rebecca Ivers

    Head, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, and Director & Chair, Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia

  • Professor Dato' Adeeba Kamarulzaman

    CEO, Monash University Malaysia, and Pro-Vice Chancellor and President (Malaysia), Monash University

  • Dr Bronwyn King AO

    Special Advisor on Clean Air, Burnet Institute, Australia

  • Professor Karin Leder

    Co-Lead, Division of Planetary Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine; Director, Monash University Health & Climate, Australia

  • Associate Professor Suman Majumdar

    Chief Health Officer of COVID & Health Emergencies, and Deputy Program Director (Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness), Burnet Institute, Australia

  • Professor Esperanza Martinez

    Professor & Head of Health and Human Security, College of Health & Medicine, The Australian National University

  • Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos

    Head, Monash University Health Economics Group, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Dr Sarah McGuinness

    Clinical Research Fellow (Infectious Diseases), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Associate Professor Bev Muhlhausler

    Deputy Director - Human Health Program, Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO, Australia

  • Dr Selina Namchee Lo

    Executive Director, Australian Global Health Alliance

  • Emma Jane Pristov

    Coordinator, Commercial Determinants of Health, VicHealth, Australia

  • Professor Luciano Saso

    Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Member, Executive Committee, M8 Alliance

  • Professor Anthony Scott

    Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia

  • Lucy Stackpool-Moore

    Founder and Managing Director, Watipa, Australia; Tutor, Global Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

  • Associate Professor Henry Surendra

    Coordinator, Master of Public Health Program, Monash University Indonesia

  • Dr Rohan Sweeney

    Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Australia

  • Professor Jacqui True

    Professor of International Relations, Monash University; Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW)

Program Advisors

  • Associate Professor Darshini Ayton

    Deputy Head, Health & Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Alex Collie

    Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group; Lead, Division of Health Systems, Services and Policy, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia

  • Professor Sandra Eades

    Associate Dean (Indigenous), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Professor Wayne Hodgson

    Dean, Sub-Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

  • Dr William May

    Immediate ex-Dean, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University

  • Professor James Whisstock

    Deputy Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia