Urvi Thanekar is a PhD candidate within the Institute of Health Transformation at Deakin University partnering with Barwon Health focusing on reducing their environmental footprint using systems dynamics and economic analysis. She also works with the Climate Catch Lab at the University of Melbourne on projects that intersect climate change, healthcare systems, digital health and systems transformation.
She is a clinically trained dentist with a masters in Health and Human services management and has been a part of the Victorian Covid -19 clinical surge workforce with clinical and research experience in the field of health promotion and health literacy in the Indo-Pacific region.