Public Health and Health Systems Committee 2024-2027

Director & Principal of Praxis Insights and Adjunct Professor, UNSW

Adjunct Professor Darryl O’Donnell is a seasoned health leader with over 30 years experience in government, research, and not-for-profit roles. As Principal and Director of Praxis Insights, he works as a management consultant with health and social services organisations on leadership, organisational culture, planning, policy, advocacy, and management.

He has led transformative initiatives in HIV and mental health across government and community sectors. As CEO of Health Equity Matters, he advanced Australia's HIV response, achieving reforms that significantly reduced incidence. At the Mental Health Commission of NSW, he established a new public sector agency and drove major mental health reforms. His experience includes roles on ministerial committees and directorships with not-for-profit organisations.

Adjunct Professor O’Donnell serves on the board of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia and chairs its governance committee. He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His academic contributions and research partnerships in public administration and health policy have earned him an adjunct professorship at the University of NSW.

Editor in Chief, Medical Journal of Australia and Adjunct Professor, QUT

Director of Nursing Research, Alfred Health and Professor, Deakin University

Executive Director Health Statistics and Informatics, NT Health and Public Health Physician and Rural GP, Charles Darwin University

Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney and Chair of the Cancer Screening Committee, Cancer Council

Health Consumer Leader & Digital Health Advisor, Australian Digital Health Agency

Senior Principal Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research

Leadership Program Fellow at the University Centre for Rural Health, The University of Sydney

Professor and Head of Department of General Practice (GP), Monash University

Director of Health Policy Centre, SAMHRI

Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University

John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University and Assistant Director of CCRE Therapeutics, Monash University

Professor of Health Economics, Griffith University

Head of School of Nursing, University of Tasmania

Interim Chief Executive Officer, RANZCP and Chair, HealthShare Victoria Board

Emeritus Professor in the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University