Professor Anushka Patel
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Chief Executive Officer
Professor Anushka Patel is CEO and a Director of The George Institute for Global Health and Scientia Professor at UNSW Sydney. She is a cardiologist with research interests in the prevention and management of common chronic conditions through large-scale clinical trials and implementation science. She undertook her medical training at the University of Queensland, with subsequent postgraduate research degrees from Harvard University and University of Sydney.
Anushka is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and is a Director and Trustee of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute and Chair of the Research Committee of the NHMRC.
Anushka was appointed CEO in January 2023.