Dr Ian Dagley

CRC for Polymers
CEO 
Your interests
Commercialisation

Mr Adam Davey Australia

A Churchill Fellowship offers innovative thinkers and researchers the unique opportunity to travel throughout the world to investigate a topic or issue they are passionate about.

This life-changing experience is for anyone who feels they have exhausted alternatives within Australia and would like to see what other countries are doing successfully in a similar field to inspire new ideas, innovation and excellence. 

  • Travel overseas for 4-8 weeks
  • Plan your own itinerary of countries to visit
  • Meet and work with global leaders in your field
  • Airfares, accommodation, incidentals covered
  • Relevant training opportunities considered
  • Return as an informed Churchill Fellow
  • Impact Australia with your findings


Mr Adam Davey
Churchill Trust
LinkedIn logo Chief Executive Officer 
Your interests

I look forward to meeting researchers, businesses and innovators to raise awareness of the Churchill Fellowship opportunity and discuss how they can utilise this prestigious award to innovate and collaborate, not only in Australia but on a global scale.

We have a pool of extraordinary Churchill Fellows from industry and community we can connect attendees with where appropriate.

Mr Neilsen De Souza Australia

We develop new solutions for vision care, especially refractive error, and work to eliminate vision impairment and avoidable blindness, thereby improving quality of life for people in need and helping to reduce disability and poverty. We are a social enterprise. We invest any revenues resulting from our work into creating scientific solutions and developing and delivering eye care and education programs around the world.

Mr Neilsen De Souza
Brien Holden Vision Institute
Global Business Director 
Your interests
My interests involve developing, deploying and integrating serious games and simulated healthcare training into tertiary education institutions. I'm also interested in innovation in healthcare supply/logistics, social enterprise and social franchise in lo

Ms Jacquiline den Houting

Autism CRC
PhD Candidate 
Your interests
I am an Early Career Researcher with the goal of making the world a more inclusive, accessible, and accepting place for Autistic people. My current research is focused on mental health, and with a professional background in psychology I am interested in meeting others doing innovative research in the mental health space. I also have an interest in broad social justice issues, and specifically disability rights. As an Autistic researcher, I bring a unique perspective to this field, and I'm keen to share my insights, collaborate, and learn.

Prof Chris Doran

Central Queensland University
Professor Health Economics 
Your interests
Professor of Health Economics with interest in substance abuse (drugs and alcohol), mental health (especially suicide prevention) and community development (especially Indigenous communities). Director of a SME in health economics with a focus on evaluat

Ms Edith Drajkopyl

CRC for Mental Health
PhD Candidate 
Your interests

My interests include cognitive testing, brain injury, and mental health. My PhD thesis is focused on understanding the way brain function changes following sports-related concussion and the best methods for identifying concussion. I am also interested in communicating and increasing public awareness of concussion risks through strategic marketing and policy development.