Session 9B: Youth-Led Accountability in a Changing Climate and Digital World
Tracks
Track 2
| Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM |
Speaker
Professor Philippa Collin
Co-director Young And Resilient Research Centre
Western Sydney University
Youth-driven accountability: Transforming health systems for all children and young people
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Professor Collin is an interdisciplinary social scientist researching youth experience, digital technologies, mental health and wellbeing, and social change. She has an extensive track record in child, youth-centred and intergenerational research, program design, evaluation and advocacy using realistic evaluation, program logic, participatory and co-design approaches.
Dr Rebecca Raeside
Research Fellow
The University Of Sydney
Safeguarding Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Rebecca (she/her) is a Research Fellow with a background in Public Health. She is currently the Digital Health Innovation Lead at Youth Well Lab, The University of Sydney, where her research focuses on maximising the benefits of digital technologies to improve the health and wellbeing of adolescents. She has expertise in consumer engagement, clinical trials, and mixed-methods research.
Surabhi Dogra
Research Officer & Phd Candidate
University Of Sydney
Adolescent and Planetary Health
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Surabhi Dogra is a public health researcher and practitioner addressing emerging adolescent health challenges through digital and planetary health frameworks. With experience spanning low-income rural and urban communities in India to global health policy platforms, Surabhi is deeply committed to the meaningful engagement of adolescents and young people.
As a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and a Research Officer at the Youth Well Lab, Surabhi is currently co-leading the ‘Healthy Places, Healthy Futures’ Coalition. This initiative implements transdisciplinary strategies to partner with adolescents in chronic disease prevention through a planetary health lens across the Asia-Pacific. Surabhi is an alumna of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the University of Delhi, where her academic excellence was recognised with the ‘Best Student’ Shield and University Gold Medal. She is a Youth Commissioner for the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. She was selected as a Young Expert for the World Health Organization’s GAMA Advisory Group. Surabhi co-chairs the Emerging Professionals Network of the International Association for Adolescent Health, which aims to elevate the voices and role of multidisciplinary emerging professionals in advancing adolescent health.