Governance

 

WHRTN’s governance comprises a National Steering Committee and the following four Sub-committees:

  • Indigenous Sub-committee
    Professor Auntie Kerrie Doyle, Chair

  • Workforce Development (WFD) Sub-committee
    Professor Vicki Clifton, Chair

  • Consumer and Community Involvement (CCI) Sub-committee
    Cathy Leane, Chair

  • Research Sub-committee
    Professor Helena Teede, Chair

 

Leadership

Professor Helena Teede

Lead and Chair of Research Sub-committee

Prof. Teede led the establishment of the WHRTN. She is a reproductive endocrinologist and NHMRC Leader Investigator Fellow, the Executive Director of Monash Partners Research Translation Centre, and the lead on the NHMRC funded initiative, Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership and Women in Leadership Program. Helena is passionate about supporting the careers of women, about research and translation that improves the lives of women and their families, and about large scale collaboration with women and stakeholders, founded on understanding and together addressing problems through research and translation to impact.

 
 

Professor Cate Nagle

Chair of Steering Committee

Professor Cate Nagle is the Chair of WHRTN. She has a co-joint appointment as the Professor of Nursing and Midwifery at James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital and Health Service. She is the Director of the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research and the Academic Lead (Research) for Nursing and Midwifery. An experienced nurse and midwife, Cate also has postgraduate qualifications in Diabetes Education and Public Health.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and leadership in building national collaborations and support platforms in women’s health research and translation to deliver health impact for Australian women. It also advocates and supports the advancement of gender equity and enhances career development for women, with a focus on underrepresented groups.

  • Cate Nagle — WHRTN Chair

  • Aunty Kerrie Doyle — Member

  • Cathy Leane — Member (Consumer Advisor/Advocate)

  • Deb Loxton — Member

  • Deborah Turnbull — Member

  • Georgina Chambers — Member

  • Gita Mishra — Member

  • Helena Teede — Member

  • Jacqueline Frayne — Member

  • Janette Perz — Member

  • Jacqueline Boyle — Member

  • Jennifer Stone — Member

  • Leslie Arnott — Member (Consumer Advisor/Advocate)

  • Nafi Ghafournia - Member (Consumer Advisor/Advocate)

  • Sarah Larkins — Member

  • Sarah Zaman — Member

  • Sue Walker — Member

  • Tanya Nippita — Member

  • Vicki Clifton — Member

  • Marion Eckert — Member

  • Michelle Guppy — Member

  • Michelle Peate — Member