Reseach and Development Advisory Committee
The Research and Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) is an independent body, constituted by and providing advice to the Board of Directors of The George Institute.
Membership
The membership of RADAC comprises researchers of national and/or international standing with expertise/experience in at least some of the issues outlined above.
| Professor Terry Dwyer (Chair)* | Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia |
| Professor Robert Black* | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Professor Robert Califf | Duke University, USA |
| Professor Deborah Cook | McMaster University, Canada |
| Professor Paul Elliott | Imperial College, UK |
| Professor Wendy Hoy* | The University of Queensland, Australia |
| Professor Garry Jennings* | Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia |
| Professor Michael Merson* | Duke University, USA |
| Professor Terry Nolan* | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Professor Don Nutbeam* | The University of Sydney, Australia |
| Professor Vikram Patel* | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
| Professor Srinath Reddy | Public Health Foundation of India |
| Professor Sally Redman* | The Sax Institute, Australia |
|
Professor Bruce Robinson |
The University of Sydney, Australia |
| Professor KE Yang | Peking University Health Science Center, China |
*will be in attendance at the showcase
The Committee meets biannually to review the Institute’s activities, through:
- a full-day open symposium that showcases the research and development activities of the Institute to RADAC and invited guests
- a full-day closed session, with senior staff of the Institute, to review in greater depth the current and planned activities of the Institute
- a presentation to the Institute Board of the Committee's views and recommendations regarding the future research and development activities of the Institute.
Specifically, RADAC members are invited to:
- Provide an independent assessment of the scope, content and quality of The Institute’s research and development activities, within the context of the Institute’s mission and strategic plan
- Provide advice in relation to current, medium- and long-term issues facing The Institute.
Currently these issues include:
- Managing growth - determining the appropriate balance between growth and consolidation
- Ensuring the appropriate balance between academic freedom and the need to work within a quality framework
- Enabling the Institute and its staff to pursue personal research interests and activities while working within a defined, agreed mission
- Achieving an appropriate balance between surplus generating research activities and non-surplus generating activities
- Maximising the impact and translation of our work with key stakeholders
- Working and facilitating research capacity development within different cultures