Our Team

Our team are committed to improving health service systems that meet the needs of Victorians from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.

Gavin Halge

Refugee Health Network Coordinator

Ph: 0456 626 823
E: halgeg@foundationhouse.org.au

Samina Hassan

Sector Development & Policy Advisor

Ph: 0477 975 908
E:
hassans@foundationhouse.org.au

 

Faten Mohamed

Project Officer Refugee and Asylum Seeker Mental Health Coordination 

Ph: 0438 761 825
E: mohamedf@foundationhouse.org.au

Kristina Rienmueller

Project Coordinator, Perinatal Mental Health Co-design Project

Ph: 0457 900 184
E: rienmuellerk@foundationhouse.org.au

Natalie Anderson

Project Officer, Perinatal Mental Health Co-design Project

Ph: 0498 766 159
E: andersonn@foundationhouse.org.au

Matilda Carrodus

Administration Officer

E: carrodust@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.

Heather McMinn

Heather McMinn

Heather McMinn works with National Disability Services focusing on disability and health engaging with government, disability and advocacy...

Dr. Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin

Dr. Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin

Dr. Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin is a Malay settler living on Yorta Yorta (Shepparton) country for the past seven years. Zubaidah...

Nesrudin Mohamed Salah

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.

Shaymaa Elkadi

Shaymaa Elkadi

Dr Shaymaa Elkadi Executive Manager, Strategy and Program Integration at Foundation House. Shaymaa has held previous senior...

Rebecca Eckard

Rebecca Eckard

Rebecca Eckard is the Director of Policy and Research at the Refugee Council of Australia, the national peak body for people from...

Chiedza Malunga

Chiedza Malunga

Chiedza is a public health professional with experience in refugee health and sexual and reproductive health and research in...

Tracey Cabrie

Tracey Cabrie

Tracey Cabrie (RN, MPH) is the General Manager of Cabrini Outreach’s Asylum Seeker Health Services. She has a diverse nursing and...

Sophie Dutertre

Sophie Dutertre

Sophie is a project and program manager with specific interest in refugee and asylum-seekers’ access to information and informed...

Kath Desmyth (Co-Chair)

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...

Dr. Saniya Kazi

Dr. Saniya Kazi

Saniya Kazi is a Consultant Paediatrician passionate about child health equity. Saniya works for the Monash Refugee Health Service...

Katherine Monson

Katherine Monson

Katherine Monson (BA/BSW, MPH, MClinFamTh) is the Coordinator of Community Development at Orygen specialist program, a youth...

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