Research Committee 2024-2027 members

Professor Anushka Patel is the CEO of The George Institute for Global Health and a Scientia Professor of Medicine at UNSW Sydney. She trained as a cardiologist and has led significant clinical research, including the ADVANCE trial on vascular disease prevention in diabetes. Her work has expanded into implementation science, focusing on cardiovascular polypills and digital technology innovations. Professor Patel was awarded the Gustav Nossal Medal in Global Health by the Australian Academy of Science in 2018. She currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Grant (L3; 2023-2027).

Having previously been a Staff Specialist in Cardiology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney (1999 to 2010), Dr Patel continued in part-time clinical practice until December 2022.

In her role as CEO of The George Institute, Dr Patel has responsibility for over 1000 staff in 4 offices (Australia, China, India, UK) and a number of other global locations working remotely. Dr Patel has previously chaired the Australian Heart Foundation Research Committee, has been a Council member of the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences and a member of the Australian NHMRC Research Committee, as well as its Health Research Impact Committee. Internationally, she is now or in the past has been Chair and/or a member of several advisory groups, including for WHO, Northwestern University, UK Joint Funders, Heart Health Research Center (China) and the International Centre for Diarrhoael Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Across all leadership roles, Dr Patel’s contributions have been around building capacity, infrastructure and collaboration for research and impact.