Senior Project Managers

 Dr David Warncken (Australia)

David Warncken

Senior Project Manager, GENI

Resident Medical Officer

Royal Melbourne Hospital

MD (Flinders University), Bachelor of Medical Science (Flinders University), Graduate Diploma Addiction and Mental Health (Adelaide University).

David is a resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia currently completing Basic Physician Training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). Upon completion, when he becomes a fellow of the RACP, FRACP, he is considering specialising as a physician of Acute and General Medicine, a hospital based specialist with a broad and complex patient load.

Dr Warncken trained in Adelaide, South Australia, and previously worked at Flinders Medical Centre and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has a keen interest in education, leading medical education sessions for his colleagues and medical students throughout his career. His prior published research areas have included mental health and pharmacology.

His involvement with GENI commenced as a researcher working with the management team  on ‘Cost Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer screening and diagnostic strategies: International Lessons for Clinical Practice Guidelines’ (2018). He then gained experience in the study concerning  ‘Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Child Vaccinations  in Africa: International Lessons for Clinical Practice Guidelines in Developing Countries’. He was promoted to senior project manager during December 2019 and commenced work on dementia, a leading health problem in an aging population which will have a profound impact on the future of medicine.

Contact: david.warncken@gmail.com

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Dr Sahar Daghagh Yazd

Dr Sahar Daghagh Yazd

Senior Project Manager, GENI

PhD, Applied Health Economics (University of Adelaide, Australia); Masters degree, Applied Economics; Bachelor degree, Statistics
Sahar was promoted to the role of Senior Project Manager during May 2022, following her work as Researcher, GENI since November 2020. She has qualifications and experience that can facilitate her contribution to GENI’s agenda, including a PhD in Health Economics, Master’s degree in applied economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics.

Further, Sahar has recent research experience, working at the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide Australia on a government report brokered by the Sax Institute for the NSW Ministry of Health. She is a co-author on the Sax Institute report that was published in 2019, entitled “Emergency Drought Relief Package — Health and Resilience Services: An Evidence Check”. The report included systematic reviews to investigate the causal pathways through which drought affects the mental health of individuals residing in rural and regional communities.

During 2019 and 2020, Dr Daghagh Yazd published some of her PhD research results in peer-reviewed international journals, including the ‘International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health’, ‘Ecological Economics’ and ‘Sustainability’ . Sahar’s PhD thesis focused on the key stress factors affecting farmers’ mental health around the world. This included a key focus on whether climatic conditions and drought were associated with worsening farmers’ mental health in Australia.

Dr Daghagh Yazd has extensive experience in undertaking systematic reviews, using the PRISMA guidelines, and Nvivo software. Sahar is experienced in micro-econometric analysis of large-scale panel survey data, including Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) which is a household-based longitudinal survey that collects information about economic and personal well-being, labour market dynamics and family life. Sahar is experienced in applying spatial analysis, and the use of the Geographic Information System (GIS) to geo-code the climate data to their specific locations. Dr Daghagh Yazd’s qualifications and experience in systematic reviews, data analysis, economics and statistics can contribute to GENI’s agenda across several priority areas.

Contact: Sahar.yazd@gmail.com
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Nigel Pratt  (Australia)


Senior Project Manager, GENI

Clinical Research Coordinator

Infectious Diseases Unit, Burnet Institute, Alfred Hospital

Nigel currently works as a clinical trials coordinator with the Alfred Hospital and Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He has a longstanding passion for infectious diseases, specifically the so-called Big Three: HIV; malaria; and tuberculosis.   Since graduating from LaTrobe University with degrees in nursing and a Masters in public health, Nigel has divided his time between clinical practice and research in Australia and East Africa. Nigel undertook the International Health Economics Course as part of his Masters Program at Latrobe which included training in the integration of cost effectiveness evidence into CPGs and clinical-practice.

At Alfred Health in Melbourne, Nigel has worked in the Infectious Diseases Unit, been involved in infection surveillance and written Clinical Practice Guidelines with a particular emphasis on cost effectiveness. In Uganda, Nigel researched the accuracy of malaria diagnosis in a small rural clinic. He has also established HIV home-based care projects in Tanzania. Nigel’s research interests include chronic disease management of HIV in the developed world and, in resource-limited settings, the design and implementation of drug treatment programs and evidence-based, cost-effective clinical guidelines .

Contact: nigel.pratt@alfred.org.au

 

Meg Bumpstead (Australia)


Senior Project Manager, GENI

Founding Director Clear Ears Pty Ltd

Meg Bumpstead has a long standing passion for improving quality in health care and access to health care.  Meg has over 20 years experience in the health sector and is currently founding director of Clear Ears Pty Ltd.   Meg was involved in the process of integrating clinical practice guidelines and clinical and economic evidence into clinical practice whilst she was Operations Manager for Surgical Services at Western Health, and continues to use these processes in developing a best practice model for Clear Ears.

Meg’s experience spans both the acute hospital and community health sector in consulting, senior management and clinical nursing roles.  Meg is also involved with Medicens Sans Frontieres, international medical humanitarian organisation, having been accepted into the pool for field workers.   Meg’s past roles include Chair, Board of Governance, Women’s Health West, Advisory services to Victorian Government and, Senior Hospital Management at Western Health. Meg holds an Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Nursing – Intensive Care and Bachelor of Applied Science – Nursing and is a member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.

Contact: meg@clearears.com.au

 

Kaylene Fiddes Ryan (Australia)

Senior Project Manager, GENI

Advisory Committee, Australian Disease Management Association (ADMA)

Kaylene has been actively involved in healthcare for over 20 years and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee and Conference Committee of the Australian Disease Management Association (ADMA). She co-founded ADMA and has extensive experience managing national healthcare resource centres for ambulatory care initiatives including disease management and Hospital in the Home.  She has over 10 years of experience in the development and management of disease management, having managed the Disease Management Unit at Alfred Health.

She was involved in the process of integrating clinical practice guidelines and clinical and economic evidence into clinical practice at Alfred Health (previously called Bayside Health) through participation in the Clinical Pathways Working Group.  Other experience includes secondments at the Victorian Department of Health as well as nursing, case management and project management in Australia and USA. She has formed strong ties with international and national disease management groups.