Dr Karena Conroy

Australia

Manager, Consumer and Community Involvement Program, The George Institute Australia Honorary Associate, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney

PhD

Dr Karena Conroy is an experienced health researcher and program manager/lead with a PhD in Health and a background in the social sciences. She currently leads two programs of work focussed on the development and implementation of Consumer and Community Involvement in health research, spanning The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Local Health District. The remit of both Programs is to develop organisational strategies, structures, and processes that facilitate the systematic engagement and meaningful involvement of consumers and community members in health and medical research.