We would like to thank the Deakin Institute for Health Transformation’s Leadership Team for their invaluable contributions to the Institute this year. In addition to attending Leadership Group Workshops, contributions included acting as a reviewer for an Institute Grant Development Session, undertaking grant peer review, acting as a Networx facilitator, judging the EMCR awards, participating as a member of an Institute committee (Research, Diversity and Inclusion and EMCR), and supporting ADPRF applicants (providing internal review, acting as a reviewer at a development session or undertaking assessment). Without your support, these activities would not have been possible.

We also extend a special acknowledgment to our EMCR cohort for their increasing participation in the above activities.


Institute Advisory Group

Anna Peeters, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Director
Frances Diver, CEO, Barwon Health
Kate Morrissy, Executive Officer, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation
Matthew Clarke, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation (Incoming Chair)
Peter Breadon, Health Program Director, Grattan Institute
Rachel Huxley, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
Rob Grenfell, Chief Strategy and Regions Officer, Grampians Health
Robyn Batten, Board Director, Western Health
Todd Harper, CEO, Cancer Council Victoria


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Executive Committee

Anna Peeters, Director, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation
Jane Speight, Director, ACBRD
Angela Dew, Co-Director, DoH
Fiona McKay, DoH (first half of 2024)
Catherine Bennett, Co-Director, DoH
Tracey Bucknall, Co-Director, QPS
Alison Hutchinson, Co-Director, QPS
Suzanne Robinson, Director, DHE
Kathryn Backholer, Co-Director, GLOBE
Gary Sacks, Co-Director, GLOBE
Amy Brown, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Strategic Programs Manager
Aneta Stefanidis, Institute for Health Transformation Lead, Research Funding and Performance
Michelle Jeavons, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Communications Coordinator
Kate Morrissy, Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Executive Officer


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Andrew Brown (co-chair)
Amie O’Shea (co-chair)
Jaithri Ananthapavan
Natalie Winter
Jennifer Halliday
Stéphane Bouchoucha
Victoria Brown
Catherine Bennett
Renee Fiolet
Katherine Burnard
Stephanie Bennetts
Kate Morrissy
Candice Morrice (Admin Support)


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Research Committee

Kathryn Backholer
Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
Aneta Stefanidis
Kate Morrissy
Ana Hutchinson
Angela Dew
Lisa Gold
Adrian Cameron
Tracey Bucknall
Lisa Barnett
Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Anna Chapman
Jessica Bucholc (Admin Support)


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation EMCR Committee

Ha Le (Co-Chair)
Eva Yuen (Co-Chair)
Anna Urbanowicz
Catherine Bennett
Cherie Russell
Edith Holloway
Genevieve Peppin
Guncag Ozavci
Marufa Sultana
Navoda Liyana Pathirana
Pat Nicholson
Renee Fiolet
Susan Perlen


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Grant Development Sessions

Alison Hutchinson
Ana Hutchinson
Anna Ugalde
Bodil Rasmussen
Colin Bell
Debbie Scott
Gary Sacks
Lisa Gold
Louisa Smith
Miranda Blake


Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (DUPRF) Grant Development Sessions, Internal Reviewers, Application Reviewers

Alison Hutchinson
Anna Peeters
Anna Ugalde
Christina Zorbas
Colin Bell
Eric Lau
Jaithri Ananthapavan
Jennifer Browne
Kate Huggins
Kathryn Backholer
Lan Gao
Linda Sweet
Lisa Gold
Louisa Smith
Matthew Dunn
Monica Peddle
Rochelle Wynne
Samantha Thomas
Serene Yoong
Skye Marshall
Steve Allender
Suzanne Robinson
Tony LaMontagne
Trish Livingston


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Research Accelerator Grant Reviewers

Adrian Cameron
Ana Hutchinson
Carah Figueroa
Geneivieve Pepin
Fiona Andrews
Jo McDonall

Johannes Carl
Kim Robinson
Kris Vingrys
Lan Gao
Lisa Barnett
Louise Wilson
Rebecca Stockdale
Siobhan Casey
Stéphane Bouchoucha


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Networx Facilitators

Jane Speight
Steve Allender
Kate Huggins
Rochelle Wynne


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Service Roles

Vidanka Vasilevski, Communications Support
Jessica Bucholc, Research Committee Support


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation EMCR Award Judging panel

Ana Hutchinson
Claire Henderson Wilson
Edith Holloway
Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Erica Reeve
Kathryn Backholer
Lan Gao
Lisa Barnett
Mary Rose Angeles
Navoda Liyana Pathirana
Serene Yoong
Simone McCarthy
Steve Allender


Deakin Institute for Health Transformation Impact Award and Grant Reviewers

Alison Hutchinson
Amy Brown
Aneta Stafinidis
Gary Sacks
Michelle Jeavons
Wade Kelly


Are you interested in volunteering with the Institute? Please email health-transformation@deakin.edu.au for more information.

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