Dr Symret Singh
Senior Project Management, GENI
Bachelor of Commerce (University of Sydney), Doctor of Medicine (University of Wollongong), Master of Public Health Candidate (University of Sydney)
Dr Symret Singh joined GENI as a Senior Project Manager in 2024. She is involved in research concerning digital health interventions in healthcare and clinical practice guidelines. She brings a unique blend of analytical expertise and practical insights, shaped by her diverse experiences in clinical medicine, health economics, and strategic consulting.
Symret currently serves as a Medical Doctor at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. In this capacity, she has undertaken rotations in Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine and Gastroenterology with view to pursue Critical Care in the longer-term. Her commitment to improving patient care extends beyond the clinical setting, as evidenced by her contributions to hospital committees on infection control and junior doctor wellbeing.
Dr Singh has also excelled in academia and teaching, currently holding a position as Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health.
Her research portfolio reflects a commitment to addressing complex healthcare challenges. She has presented work with the Health Economics Research Centre, Oxford University at the Australian Health Economics Society Conference in September 2024. This research focuses on developing life expectancy tools using relative risk parameters to evaluate medical interventions.
Prior to her clinical career, Symret gained experience in health consulting and policy development with Accenture UK and the US Congress. These roles, combined with her studies in Commerce and Public Health at the University of Sydney, have helped inform her medical practice and expertise.
Contact: Symret.singh@health.nsw.gov.au
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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
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.