Ashfaq Chauhan (MHM (academic excellence); MIPH (academic excellence); PhD in Patient Safety and Health Care Administration) is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation in Macquarie University. Ashfaq is a Physiotherapist with over 10 years of clinical experience. He has completed Master of Health Management and Master of International Public Health with Academic Excellence from the University of New South Wales and is Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Ashfaq’s research, with health agency partners in LHDs and state-wide, explores patient safety, change implementation and management, change readiness and commitment amongst healthcare staff, engagement in healthcare for priority population groups, and the implementation of co-designed change in healthcare. He is recipient of Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship and Macquarie University Excellence in Research Training Scholarship. Ashfaq also regularly contributes as a sessional academic staff in the delivery of Master of Health Leadership and Management program at UNSW.