Paniani Patu

Pani Patu is Operations Manager at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, a flagship research centre within the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health. With over a decade of experience in the tertiary sector, he leads operational, people, and governance functions that enable culturally responsive, strengths‑based research supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thriving. Grounded in Samoan values of alofa (love), feosia’i (reciprocity), and tautua (service), Pani’s work centres relational leadership and the nurturing of vā across Pasifika and Indigenous research communities.