Ganika Shree

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Ganika Shree is an Australian medical student and youth leader based in Ireland, focused on the links between health, climate change, and social equity. With experience in community outreach, youth advocacy, and environmental action, Ganika works to highlight how the conditions people live in, from air quality to access to education, shape lifelong health outcomes. Alongside her medical studies, Ganika has contributed to youth-led policy discussions and community initiatives through the National Youth Council of Ireland, Mary’s Meals, and The Climate Initiative. She has supported education programs for refugee students, volunteered in public health settings, and taken part in environmental stewardship projects that connect local action to global challenges. Ganika’s ambition is to practise medicine with an understanding that healthcare is not only clinical, it is also preventative, community-based, and informed by the realities young people face today. She aims to play a role in shaping health systems that respond not just to disease, but to the environmental and social factors that determine who thrives.