​​​​​​​Dr Saxena is a psychiatrist by training, and past Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organisation.

Carolyn Reynolds has been driving change in global health and development and US foreign policy for three decades.

Göran’s extensive research and policy work focuses on universal health coverage and has been conducted in countries such as China, Kenya, Lao PDR, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia and his experience in the field of health policy and systems research has led to his appointment to various organizational committees

Research Fellow, Injury Division; Research Fellow, Policy Impact, The George Institute India

How did you start out in medicine and how did you get to where you are now?

I grew up in West Bengal, just across the street from a rural hospital where my parents worked. As a result, I saw firsthand the difference health care made to people’s lives. Dinner conversations at home revolved around health system issues such as the gaps, what more could be done, and what was preventing changes that would improve the system.

Program Manager, Global Women’s Health, and Research Fellow, Division of Critical Care & Trauma, The George Institute for Global Health

What inspired you to work in health research, and what keeps you motivated?

Director, Global Primary Health Care Program and Co-Director of Health System Science, The George Institute for Global Health
Professor Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney

What inspired you to work in health research, and what's your background?

I came to research fairly late in my career. I'd been a practicing GP for about maybe 12 years and I was always very much more clinically focused. But in my clinical work, my passion was always around delivering good primary health care to underserved populations.

Executive Director, George Institute Australia
Professor of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
Honorary Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Imperial College London

What inspired you to work in health research?

Head, Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact Centre, The George Institute for Global Health
Director, WHO CC Salt Reduction
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney

You are a passionate healthy eating advocate. What inspired you to work in health research?

I have always been interested in food. I grew up on a farm in North Yorkshire in England. Everything was home cooked or from the farm or garden. Mum thought that buying anything like jam or packet gravy from the shop was cheating.

​​​​​​​Corinna Hawkes is Professor of Food Policy and Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City University of London, Vice Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce established by the Mayor of London, and serves on a variety of international initiatives.