Jake is a public health Research Officer currently working with the Institute for Health Research at the University of Notre Dame. He has a strong passion for practical research that seeks to address issues of social and health inequity amongst young people throughout Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Jake also has a background in international aid and development, with much of his previous work focusing on the implementation and evaluation of small-scale aid and development projects in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Sulawesi. He holds a Master of Public Health with a specialisation in infectious disease control from the University of New South Wales. Jake’s keen interest in Indonesia first began in 2016 when he spent a semester abroad studying at Gadjah Mada University during his undergraduate degree, and he has been highly active in the Australia-Indonesia space ever since, including as a delegate in the Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP). Jake is now the newly appointed CEO of CAUSINDY (The Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth) and is eager to pursue a PhD in Indonesian studies in the future.