Paul Gallagher

Paul Gallagher’s professional career has been dedicated to children’s healthcare services within NSW health having over 35 years of experience since beginning his career as a paediatric nurse in 1988. Since September 2022, he has held the position of Clinical Manager for Paediatrics and Neonatology for SWSLHD. Prior to commencing with SWSLHD, Paul was the…

Professor Ann Dadich

Professor Ann Dadich is a Professor of Human Resources and Management with the Western Sydney University School of Business. She is also the Deputy Director of the Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) Knowledge Translation Platform. Professor Dadich is internationally recognised as an expert in health service management, notably…

Simone Proft

With over 25 years of experience in Health, Simone is an experienced strategic and clinical services planning leader with a demonstrated history of working in hospitals, health care and government. Simone is highly skilled in management, healthcare, policy analysis, strategic planning and stakeholder management and has a strong track record of successfully delivering complex projects…

Professor Freya MacMillan

Professor Freya MacMillan is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, within the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise and International) at Western Sydney University. She is also deputy director of the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit (DOMTRU), an Executive member and lead of the prevention working group in the Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership…

Professor Friedbert Kohler OAM

Professor Friedbert Kohler has been involved in establishing rehabilitation and community aged care services in SWSLHD since working the early 1990s and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in recognition of his longstanding, dedicated contributions. He is the Clinical Director for Aged Care and Rehabilitation for SWSLHD, a conjoint Professor at the South-Western…

Matthew Jennings

Mr Jennings is the Director of Allied Health, Liverpool Hospital. He chairs the Liverpool Research Committee, is a Co-Chair of the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Musculoskeletal Network and an executive member on the Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group, Maridulu Budyari Gumal (SPHERE). His service delivery and research interests focus on musculoskeletal models of care, falls…

Terry Goldacre

Mr. Goldacre is the Managing Director of Harrington Estates (NSW) Pty Ltd which since 1993 has been responsible for the development of the leading residential estate Harrington Park. Prior to this, he held executive positions in the civil engineering and land development industries. He is a Trustee of the Lady (Mary) Fairfax Trust, Life Member…

Dr Bernadette Brady

Dr Bernadette Brady is a Physiotherapy Clinician Researcher based at Liverpool Hospital. She has a clinical and research focus on improving chronic disease outcomes for people from culturally diverse backgrounds and works with a team of consumers, clinicians, researchers and multicultural health representatives to codesign, implement and evaluate initiatives focused on patient engagement and empowerment.…

Associate Professor Elise Baker

Dr. Elise Baker is the Conjoint Associate Professor of Allied Health for South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) and Western Sydney University (WSU), a Research Associate of the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and Associate Dean (Research) for the School of Health Sciences, WSU.   Elise works collaboratively across SWSLHD and WSU developing,…

Katie Gilbert

Katie joined Ingham Institute in 2022 as Chief Operations Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer (interim) in March 2024. Katie is a healthcare operations leader with international experience in strategic analysis, action planning, process implementation and relationship management. Katie has a background in business development, having led bid and grant teams across university, corporate…