Staff
Sydney
Dr Mary Moran
Director
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Hons); Grad Dip FAT (Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Dr Moran has over 20 years experience in health policy and practice, including 10 years specialising in neglected disease policy. She has conducted projects for a wide range of public and multilateral health organisations with a focus on policy solutions for emerging issues related to neglected disease R&D. In 2004, Mary founded the research group that became Policy Cures at the London School of Economics & Political Science, later transferring it to the George Institute for International Health in Sydney.
Prior to forming the group, she worked for over a decade in Emergency Medicine; was a diplomat and policy analyst with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade; Director of Medecins Sans Frontieres Access to Essential Medicines Campaign in Australia; and a Europe-based policy advocate with MSF on issues relating to access to medicines for neglected patients. Mary is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and an Expert Adviser to the World Health Organisation, European Commission, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), OECD and the Wellcome Trust.
Dr Klara Henderson
Senior Policy Analyst
BA (Bachelor of Arts); MCom (Master of Commerce); Phd (Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health)
Klara Henderson has over 15 years policy experience, including 10 years as an analyst with Anderson Consulting, and as a policy and strategic development consultant with numerous Australian government agencies.
She spent time in East Africa working on HIV/AIDS projects and was a HIV/AIDS policy and financing consultant for AusAID and UNDP Asia Pacific. She has a PhD in international health policy from the University of Sydney, focussing on HIV/AIDS political commitment and funding in East Timor. Klara joined the Policy Cures team in 2007.
Brenda Omune
Senior Researcher
MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery); MIPH (Master of International Public Health, Hons)
Brenda has 8 years policy and practical experience in developing world health issues. As a Kenyan doctor, she is experienced in clinical management of patients with infectious diseases including malaria, meningitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis, and was closely involved in the rollout of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Kenya.
Brenda has a degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a Masters of International Public Health (Honours) from the University of Sydney. She joined the team in June 2008.
Nick Chapman
Policy Analyst
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Hons); BMedSci (Bachelor of Medical Science); MHR (Master of Human Rights, Merit)
Nick Chapman has 3 years experience in health policy and practice. He has worked as a doctor in Tasmania, where he completed his medical training, during which time he was involved in a number of primary clinical research projects. Prior to joining Policy Cures, he worked with Oxfam Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission, focussing on Indigenous health policy.
Nick has a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and a Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Human Rights from the University of Sydney. He joined the Policy Cures team in September 2010.
Stephen Cox
Business Manager
Bachelor of Accounting; Master of Technology (Business Systems Design & Management)
Stephen previously spent over 4 years as a project manager within a digital media agency environment where he designed and managed the implementation of technology based solutions tightly aligned with client organisational needs and strategic objectives.
Stephen also has 4 years professional services experience in chartered accountancy, focused primarily on assisting clients meet their compliance related obligations through the preparation of financial statements, income tax, and other statutory returns. During this time Stephen gained experience in related areas of auditing, bookkeeping, and payroll. Stephen joined the Policy Cures team in April 2011.
Susan Hall
Personal Assistant
Susan has many years experience as both a personal and administrative assistant with a range of major Australian firms in the legal, accounting, executive search, insurance and telecommunications sectors, including Freehills, Blake Dawson Waldron, Egon Zehnder International and Quantum Group. She was also PA to the CEO of the NSW State Rail Authority. Susan joined the team in August 2009.
London
Dr Javier Guzman
Director of Research
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Hons); MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing
Javier Guzman has worked in public health policy and practice for 12 years, specialising in neglected disease policy since 2004. Javier trained as a physician, working for several years in planning and implementation of primary health care projects in Colombia and subsequently as a Post Graduate Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics at the Royal London Hospital.
Javier has been with the Policy Cures team since 2004, and as Director of Research since 2009. He is an Honorary Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Sydney, and an expert adviser to the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). He has an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the LSE and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is currently doing an MBA-Executive at the Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney.
Roni Liyanage
Senior Policy Analyst
BA (Bachelor of Arts); MPH (Master of Public Health); MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Roni Liyanage has more than 10 years’ experience working in international health policy and advocacy. Prior to joining Policy Cures, Roni worked as an advocacy and communications specialist developing initiatives and campaigns for clients including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GAVI Alliance, Imperial College London, Malaria Consortium and the Roll Back Malaria partnership. Roni spent 5 years managing reproductive health and HIV prevention programmes for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.
Roni received his Bachelor of Arts in Human Sciences from Oxford University. He has a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MBA from the London Business School. Roni joined the Policy Cures team in June 2011.
Lindsey Wu
Policy Analyst
BAS Biotechnology, BA Economics, MSc Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society
Lindsey has 4 years experience in health policy, including as a healthcare policy consultant for The Lewin Group in Washington, DC, focussing on health technology assessments for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), clinical data analysis for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and evidence-based reviews of pharmacogenomics for the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Lindsey received a Bachelors of Applied Science in Biotechnology and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MSc from the London School of Economics, where she focussed on the WTO TRIPS Agreement and its impact on the global pharmaceutical industry. Lindsey joined the team as a Research Associate in February 2008.
Dimitris Gouglas
Research Associate
BSc Economics
Dimitris joined Policy Cures as a Research Associate in August 2010. He previously worked in management consulting, focusing on market research, business planning, project development and project management, for Greek and other European clients in the fields of public health and social policy, health management, regional cooperation and economic development. Dimitris was a Project Manager at the National School of Public Health of Greece, and a Research Assistant at the LSE Health, the George Institute for International Health, and the Personal and Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU). Dimitris has a BSc in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London and is currently finishing his MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing at the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Danica Kwong
Research Associate
BA Economics, MSc Public Health
Danica has been a Research Associate with Policy Cures since January 2012. She has previously worked in pharmaceutical outcomes research and healthcare market research in Canada. More recently, Danica was an intern with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria, working on policies related to multi-stakeholder country ownership of grants.
Danica has a BA in Economics from McGill University and an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she focused on access to medicines in the developing world.
Advisory roles held by Policy Cures staff
- Expert adviser to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- Expert adviser, The Wellcome Trust
- Expert reviewer, European Commission STREP programme (Specific Targeted Research Projects)
- Expert member, World Health Organisation’s Expert Working Group on Innovative Financing for R&D
- Expert reviewer, GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation)
- Member of the Advisory Committee, Malaria Research & Development, An Assessment of Global Investment (Malaria R&D Alliance)