Ms Jodieann Dawe is the Director, Research and Innovation Services unit. Prior to joining UniSA, Jodieann was the Director, Research Development and Support at Flinders University.Jodieann has had a diverse and interesting career in executive level research management and operations spanning Higher Education, Not-for-profit organisations, private sector companies and Government. 

This has resulted in significant expertise in strategic planning and operations, governance, leadership, transformational change management and stakeholder engagement. As National Manager, Research and Engagement with the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), her role was to proactively manage stakeholders relationships with the Australian Industry Skills Commission, State and Federal government agencies  responsible for skills and training, private and public sector RTOs and to develop a collaborative program of research that delivered significant impact for the VET sector. Prior to this, Jodieann was the inaugural CEO and Executive Director of Water Research Australia and successfully led the functional transition from a Co-operative Research Centre to a sustainable, membership-funded public company which is regarded as a leading and visionary research broker for the Australian Water industry.

Jodieann is an experienced Non-Executive Director has served as a Director on both national and global Boards, including Australian Water Association, International Water Association, Australia and Global Water Research Coalition. Jodieann is also a member of the ARMS Accreditation Council.

Jodieann’s postgraduate qualifications, Master of Business Administration, Master of Applied Science (Chemistry) and Graduate Diploma in Finance Securities and Corporate Law, are complemented by successful completion of the Company Director’s Course (AICD) and Certificate in Governance Practice (GIA).

In her current role Melinda is the responsible for leading a flagship culture change program to embed the RCH compact.

Prior to joining RCH, she was a Director in the Australian Employee Insights practice of Willis Towers Watson, with 21 years’ experience in human capital consulting and analysis of organisational data with local, regional, and global clients.

Melinda worked with clients to develop their employee engagement strategy, define the culture that will support business strategy, develop and implement measurement approaches to understand engagement and culture and facilitate the identification of priorities for improving sustainable engagement and wellbeing.

During her career she has worked with a broad range of Australian and multinational clients across many industries. Examples include Australian Unity, Cabrini Health, Clayton Utz, CSIRO,BHP Billiton, Fonterra, John Holland, Healthscope, Medibank, Minter Ellison , McMillan Shakespeare, Sparke Helmore and Telstra.

Melinda holds a B.Sc. (Honours in Psychology) and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of Melbourne, with a focus on leadership, culture and employee wellbeing.

Dr Jean Liu is an assistant professor of psychology at Yale-NUS College and a consultant for the World Health Organization. She conducts research at the nexus of technology and health, focusing on two main themes: (1) how smartphones influence well-being, and (2) how medical advances can be optimized through an understanding of human behavior. She is a council member for Singapore's Ministry of Health (Agency for Care Effectiveness), sits on government task forces, and speaks widely at public forums.

Sarah Lisle is a purpose-driven and "ikigai-guided" leader. My work is underpinned by collaboration, robust governance, and a keen desire to strike mutual benefit through the lens of shared value. Sarah currently is the Manager of Research Entities at University of Wollongong untilsing her skillset to build sustainable approaches to enable University's strategic and operational research. My collaboration with academic leaders, directors and shareholders enables me to better manage large and complex projects and processes in key research areas, including workforce planning, resource identification and strategic advice. 

Professor Langham is a nephrologist and clinician researcher who has spent much of her career in public hospital and university roles, as Director of the Renal Unit at St Vincent’s in Melbourne, and then as the Head of School of Rural Health at Monash University. As a researcher, she has worked in translational research part of the team successful in the development of novel anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic agents. She is currently the Chief Medical Advisor to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, and has served as Chair of the Royal Children's Hospital HREC for nearly two years.