Naveen is a 2017 Westpac Future Leader Scholar and candidate for the Master of Public Health at the University of Melbourne and the Bachelors of Economics and Development at the University of London. He has previously worked as a medical doctor at Monash Health and been an intern at the World Health Organisation and the Lancet. He convened the 2015 Global Ideas Forum and has been involved with several other major events including AIDS2014, the World Cardiology Congress and the World Health Summit.

Natalie is a junior doctor training in paediatrics with a strong interest in gender equality, child and adolescent health and youth leadership. She has held various appointments including: President of the Royal Children’s Hospital Junior Doctor Society, Social Secretary of the Victorian Medical Women’s Society and Director of REACH (now known as Strive, Australia’s first student-run multidisciplinary health clinic which under her leadership received an award from the Minister for Health). Natalie has represented Australia on behalf of the Medical Women’s International Association at several high-level UN meetings including the World Health Assembly, the General Assembly and Commission on the Status of Women. She has also completed an internship at the WHO HQ in Geneva with the Adolescent Health team where she contributed to an implementation guidance for adolescent health.

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Alex leads the Chobani Food Incubator Program in Australia and holds management positions at Crepes for Change and Life Cykel. Previously, Alex oversaw the NPD, food safety, regulatory and nutrition portfolios at Grill’d Healthy Burgers, and spent five years with General Mills in brand management and R&D. Alex has led a number of marketing initiatives for organizations like Global Voices and campaigns like One Girls’ 2014 Do It In A Dress.

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Mike is a Human Centre Designer with a background in Mechanical Engineering. Driven by a desire to leave a positive impact on the world, Mike has worked with NFPs and Social Enterprises such as Red Cross, the Global Health Alliance Melbourne and Pollinate Energy both locally and internationally. Using design thinking tools Mike helps organisations to make sense of the world and people that live within it, facilitating the design of better experiences. Mike is also the co-founder of the community event Experience Design Doers and is a Senior Consultant for the cooperative platform TypeHuman.

Daniel has recently completed his medical degree at the University of Melbourne and is working as a doctor at St Vincent’s Hospital. With a keen interest in healthcare innovation through communication, he has experience directing conference and entrepreneurial promotions. Daniel is also passionate about facilitating global health engagement and opportunities for students, previously co-chairing the Global Health Collective.

Kathryn recently completed her Graduate Certificate in Public Health through Flinders University and is a new professional looking to start her career in public health.

She holds the secretary position with the UN Association of Australia (VIC) Young Professionals Committee and also volunteers with Positively Transforming World as a public health officer, CHASE as a projects consultant, and Centre for Multicultural Youth as a mentor for recently arrived migrants and refugees.

Kathryn is passionate about individual empowerment for health through education and has a strong interest in gender equality, migrant and refugee health, and good health and wellbeing.

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Sanjeev is currently completing his Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University majoring in both Accounting and Finance. Sanjeev also holds a role at Melbourne Sport Institute where he works and teaches youth basketball players across different schools in Victoria.

Outside of this work environment, Sanjeev has a keen interest in global health and a mindset on improving healthcare outcomes across the community. He hopes to make a difference in the medical industry by working with Global Ideas in 2024.

Jonathan currently works as an intern doctor at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He co-convened the MD Student Conference in 2017 at The University of Melbourne, which saw over 1,400 delegates with over 200 speakers. Outside of day-to-day work, he is interested in exploring the intersection between technology and health, and his career goal is to help transform the healthcare landscape into one that adequately incorporates technology in order to provide the best possible patient care.

David is a Master in Public Health Student at the University of Melbourne. In 2017, David convened the Global Ideas Forum focusing upon Global Health in a volatile world - People, Politics and Planet.

David has a keen interest in global health and health economics. He has a variety of experiences across pharmaceutics, public policy and innovation.

Katherine is an Intern at the Alfred Hospital, with a particular interest in global health, medical education, and research.

In 2016 Katherine undertook a Bachelor of Medical Sciences at the University of Oxford. Working in conjunction with the World Health Organization, she conducted background research and identified literature gaps for their upcoming review of the definition of anaemia.

Katherine is also passionate about empowering individuals and communities to improve health outcomes. She established a maternal anaemia clinic in the Oxford University Hospital; assisted with organising the Australian Medical Students’ Association National Convention in 2015; and organised and participated in Team:MED’s student-led trip to Nepal in 2014 to educate local populations in preventive medicine and fundraise for local doctors and nurses.

Jason is a final-year medical student at Monash University, having recently undertaken a research year at the Centre for Eye Research Australia. A former Executive Director of the Torque Global Health Initiative, he’s passionate about working to empower others to become positive agents of global health, and developing research that embrace the fusion of technology and health as an aspiring clinician-scientist. He is driven in generating positive change in global health and strives for sustainability in healthcare.

Adelaide has been involved with Global Ideas since 2016, managing and delivering promotional and educational campaigns for the organisation through Social Media channels and the website.

Adelaide is passionate about the environment, urban sustainability and the public health systems and how we might collectively improve these areas through community intervention and policy change.

Adelaide has worked in many areas of Government; corporate services, Human Resources, communications, parliamentary and now as a Policy Officer within the Education portfolio.

Nakul is an enthusiastic individual who loves meeting new people. He also enjoys travelling, playing & watching sports (in particular, cricket) and is always looking to diversify his experiences and interests. He has recently developed a strong passion for climate change activism as he believes it is the most pertinent threat facing our world. It is thus the shared responsibility of our generation to work towards building a better, cleaner and safer future, not only for ourselves, but for the generations to come.

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Phoebe has completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University of Technology, and is currently undertaking a Masters of Urban Planning and Environments at RMIT. Phoebe is experienced in social research, public policy and education and seeks to use her skills to make a contribution to a better world. She is passionate about global health, gender equity, human rights and sustainability.

Robbie is currently undertaking a Master of Public Health at The University of Melbourne after finishing her Bachelor of Arts majoring in both History and Psychology. Prior to her role at Global Ideas, Robbie has mentored for both River Nile Learning Centre and AIME, as well as volunteering at the Victorian AIDS Council. With a strong focus on the importance of education and engagement as empowering tools in achieving health equity, she also has a huge interest in both health promotion and health policy, and wants to work to equip disadvantaged individuals and communities with the requisite skills and information to improve health outcomes.

Mirsada is a second year medical student at Monash University, with experience in research and global health. She believes that healthcare is a universal right, and is something we should all advocate for.  Mirsada currently works as a research assistant at the Biomedical Discovery Institute, and has also worked within other research-related fields. She has been previously involved in Global Ideas through volunteer work and is passionate about making a change, no matter how small.

Emily is a medical intern at Monash Health, with an interest in clinical research, health technology and global health.

She previously completed a Master of International Public Health, and was an intern at the World Health Organisation. She is passionate about embracing innovation and technology to improve health both locally and abroad. She is a co-founder of HorusAI, a startup focused on reducing health inequalities using technology, and the project manager for Dermcare, an app being developed to improve access to dermatology services in Victoria through telemedicine.