Anneke de Vries-Egan

Bio

I am a public health professional committed to advancing health equity, social justice, and culturally grounded, community‑led responses to complex health challenges. I have worked across Australia, India, South Africa, and the Netherlands, contributing to both research and project coordination in areas including HIV, tuberculosis, cancer, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and mental health. Much of my work has involved working alongside communities experiencing vulnerability - including those who are unhoused, trans women, and more recently, Indigenous Australians - to co‑design responses that are grounded in lived experience and local context. I have expertise in mixed‑methods research, participatory approaches, transdisciplinary stakeholder engagement, and cross‑cultural communication. I am particularly interested in decolonial, strength‑based approaches that centre community knowledge, challenge structural inequities, and support sustainable, contextually relevant public health practice.