Our team

We have a multidisciplinary team of leading clinicians and academics who bring expertise in healthcare, leadership, implementation science, measurement, translation and scale-up.

  • Professor Helena Teede

    DIRECTOR MCHRI & CHIEF INVESTIGATOR

  • Dr Belinda Garth

    SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW & TRANSLATION LEAD

  • Dr Wafa El-Adhami

    SENIOR GENDER EQUITY POLICY & ADVOCACY ENGAGEMENT

  • Dr Nicole Pope

    IMPLEMENTATION LEAD

  • Dr Angela Jones

    NURSING LEAD

  • Announced soon, starting 21 July

    PROJECT MANAGER

  • Dr Anusha Ramani-Chander

    RESEARCH FELLOW | IMPLEMENTATION & SCALE UP

  • Dr Jenny Proimos

    PHD CANDIDATE

  • Mihiri Pincha Baduge

    PHD CANDIDATE

  • Ifeoluwa Adesina

    PHD CANDIDATE & RESEARCH ASSISTANT

  • Thuy Vy Nguyen

    PHD CANDIDATE & RESEARCH ASSISTANT

  • Daisy Morris

    PHD CANDIDATE

  • Sana Rauf

    PHD CANDIDATE

  • Jonathan Bruhn Bak

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT

  • Coming Soon

    RESEARCH OFFICER

Advisory Board for The Partnership Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership Advancement

The Advisory Board provides guidance and expert advice to the Partnership Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership Advancement (The Centre). The Advisory Board also promotes leadership, collaboration, research and education in topics relevant to gender equity, intersectionality and leadership.

Present Members

  • Dr Jacqueline Braw, Diversity Council Australia

  • Dr Janin Bredehoeft, Science in Gender Equity (SAGE)

  • Naomi Bromley, Victorian Dept of Health

  • A/Prof Linda Colley, Central Queensland University

  • Melanie Fernandez, Chief Executive Women

  • Prof Alison McMillan, Federal Dept of Health

  • Dr Desiree Yap, Medical Women’s International Association

Past Members

  • Professor Michelle Ryan, Global Institute for Women's Leadership & Australian National University

  • Professor Ruth Stewart, Office of the National Rural Health Commission

  • Associate Professor Susan Wearne, National Medical Workforce, Department of Health

  • Mary Wooldridge, Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)

Last Updated: June 2025

Project Steering Committee

The Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership Project Steering Committee supports the AWHL Project Team to ensure all goals and objectives of the AWHL-IRI initiative are met. Membership of this Committee includes:

  • Professor Helena Teede (Chair & AWHL Chief Investigator) – Monash University

  • A/Prof Jacqueline Boyle – Eastern Healthcare

  • Prof Graeme Currie – Warwick University

  • Prof Kathleen Riach – Glasgow University

  • Prof Michelle Ryan – Australian National University

  • Prof Ingrid Winship – Epworth Healthcare

  • A/Prof Anju Joham – Monash University

  • Prof Erwin Loh – Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators

  • A/Prof Liz Sigston – Monash University

  • Prof Eilish McAuliffe – University College Dublin