Biography
David is the Chief Scientist for the George Institute for Global Health and plays a lead role in developing and implementing our research strategy. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney and works clinically as a GP. He is a 2024-2028 NHMRC Investigator Fellow (Level 2).
David joined The George Institute in 2006 and is passionate about strengthening primary health care worldwide. He is focussed on overcoming the challenges...view more
David is the Chief Scientist for the George Institute for Global Health and plays a lead role in developing and implementing our research strategy. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney and works clinically as a GP. He is a 2024-2028 NHMRC Investigator Fellow (Level 2).
David joined The George Institute in 2006 and is passionate about strengthening primary health care worldwide. He is focussed on overcoming the challenges of delivering affordable, high-quality health services and programs to communities across the globe. His research is underpinned by health systems science, a dynamic and emerging discipline that includes health services research, health policy and systems research and implementation science.
David has published extensively in health systems research and leads several grants testing innovative strategies to improve access to high-quality primary health care. He is a former Australian Harkness Fellow in Healthcare policy, based at the Harvard School of Public Health and was the elected co-chair of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases committee for hypertension control from 2012 to 2015. He sits on several government, non-government and research advisory committees. He is a commissioner on two Lancet commissions focussed on evidence-based implementation in global halth and pandemic preparedness.
My Grants
Current NHMRC/MRFF grants
2024-2028 NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership Level 2 - A National Continuous Quality Improvement Program for Chronic Disease Management and Prevention in Partnership with the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Sector
2023-2027 NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - Adolescent resilience-building in urban slums - a multifaceted trial of life skills education in India (ANUMATI)
2023-2027 NHMRC Synergy Grant - How can health districts and networks cultivate anti-racist hospitals?
2022-2026 Medical Research Future Fund Primary Health Care Research-
2020 – 2025 NHMRC Partnership Projects: Development and evaluation of regional health care alliances to improve health system performance in New South Wales – Patient Centred Co-commissioning Groups Chief Investigators: Peiris D, Elshaug A, Jorm L, Jan S, Billot L, Pearson S, Schierhout G, Landon B, Huckel Schneider C
2019 -2024 NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases: Scaling up evidence-based interventions for the prevention and management of hypertension and diabetes in rural China Chief Investigators: Peiris D, Li Z, Xin D, Chen Z, Tian M, Mao L, Li B, Lung T, Li Q
My Qualifications
2011 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
2006 Master of International Public Health, University of Sydney
2006 Fellowship Advanced Rural General Practice, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
2003 Graduate Diploma Rural General Practice, RACGP
2002 Fellowship of the RACGP
1995 Bachelor of Medicine/ Surgery, Honours, University of Sydney
My Awards
| 2024-2028 | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ivestigator Grant Level 2 |
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2018-21 |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship Level 2/ Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow |
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2015-16 |
Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice, Commonwealth Fund, USA |
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2015 |
RACGP/MDA National Best General Practice Research Article published in the Australian Family Physician in 2014 |
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2014 |
Ralph Reader Prize for best clinical presentation at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Presented at the World Congress of Cardiology, Melbourne. |
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2013-17 |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Primary Health Care Fellowship |
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2013 |
iMedicalApps & Medicine 2.0 mHealth award for best mHealth paper at the Medicine 2.0 conference, London |
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2012 |
Finalist Diana Forsythe Award, American Medical Informatics Association for best paper/presentation that exemplifies the intersection of medical informatics and social sciences |
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2011-12 |
NHMRC- National Heart Foundation Translating Research into Practice Fellowship Level 2 |
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2009 |
Cross Cultural Public Health Research Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney |
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2008 |
Early in Career Public Health Award, Public Health Association of Australia |
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2007-09 |
Clinical Excellence Commission Ian O’Rourke PhD scholarship in patient safety |
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2000 |
David Game prize for highest overall mark in the 2000 RACGP examination for South Australia & the Northern Territory |
My Teaching
| 2019 - ongoing | UNSW, School of Population Health Guest Lecturer |
| 2013-ongoing | University of Sydney, School of Public Health Guest Lecturer |
| 2012-ongoing | University Western Sydney, School of Medicine Year 1 students, Lecture on cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal communities |
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Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-3870