Our Team
Our team are committed to improving health service systems that meet the needs of Victorians from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.
Faten Mohamed
Project Officer – Refugee and Asylum Seeker Mental Health CoordinationÂ
Bella Starr
Project Officer – Diverse Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing
E: starrb@foundationhouse.org.au
Our Executive Group
The Victorian Refugee Health Network is governed by an Executive Group that provides strategic direction and oversees the Network’s activities. Positions are appointed for a three-year tenure, with half the positions rotating in any given year. Executive Group members are appointed via an expression of interest to the Network membership and sector.
Kath Desmyth (Co-Chair)
Kath is the Statewide Facilitator of the Refugee Health Program. In her role she provides support and training to nurses and allied health staff...
Tracey Cabrie (Co-Chair)
Tracey Cabrie (RN, MPH) is the General Manager of Cabrini Outreach’s Asylum Seeker Health Services. She has a diverse nursing and public health...
Greg Gow
Greg Gow leads the Community and Sector Capacity Building (CSCB) program area at Foundation House. Greg is a leading authority on and has a...
Heather McMinn
Heather McMinn works with National Disability Services focusing on disability and health engaging with government, disability and advocacy...
Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin
Dr. Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin is a Malay settler living on Yorta Yorta (Shepparton) country for the past seven years. Zubaidah works closely with...
Nesrudin Mohamed Salah
Nesrudin is a dedicated Refugee health nurse and emergency nurse at Cohealth and Royal Melbourne Hospital, with a total of 7 years nursing now.
Rebecca Eckard
Rebecca Eckard is the Director of Policy and Research at the Refugee Council of Australia, the national peak body for people from refugee,...
Chiedza Malunga
Chiedza is a public health professional with experience in refugee health and sexual and reproductive health and research in multicultural...
Sophie Dutertre
Sophie is a project and program manager with specific interest in refugee and asylum-seekers’ access to information and informed decision-making....
Dr. Saniya Kazi
Saniya Kazi is a Consultant Paediatrician passionate about child health equity. Saniya works for the Monash Refugee Health Service as well as...
Katherine Monson
Katherine Monson (BA/BSW, MPH, MClinFamTh) is the Coordinator of Community Development at Orygen specialist program, a youth mental health service. ...
Dr. Karen Linton
Info coming soon...