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Abby Smith
Director, Quit Tasmania
Cancer Council Tasmania
Dr Aimee Brownbill
Acting Policy and Research Director
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)
Dr Alexandra Jones
Senior Research Fellow, Food Policy and Law
The George Institute for Global Health
Anita Tang
Community Organising Director
Australian Progress
Dr Belinda Townsend
Fellow and Deputy Director Australian Research Centre for Health Equity, School of Regulation and Global Governance
Australian National University (ANU)
Carol Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
The Alliance for Gambling Reform
Dr Cassandra Wright
Senior Research Fellow
Menzies School of Health Research
Caterina Giorgi
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Dheepa Jeyapalan
Manager, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems
VicHealth
Prof Elizabeth Elliott AM FAHMS FRSN
Distinguished Professor of Paediatric and Child Health
Consultant Paediatrician Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network
University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital
Dr Erin Lalor AM
Chief Executive Officer
Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF)
Emma Saleeba
Strategic Adviser, Communications and Engagement branch
Department of Health (Vic)
Prof Fran Baum AO, PhD, FASSA, FAAHMS, FAHPA, LMPHAA
Director, Stretton Health Equity
The University of Adelaide
Dr Gemma Crawford
President
Australian Health Promotion Association
Hannah Pierce
Executive Officer
Alcohol Change Australia
Helen White
Chief Executive Officer
Australian College of Midwives
Jane Martin
Executive Manager
Food for Health Alliance
Jennifer Harland
Senior Nurse Advisor
Vice President
Australian College of Nursing
Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia
Jessica Birch
Disability Advocate
JBTalksFASD
Kylea Tink MP
Independent Federal Member for North Sydney
Melanie Walker
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council (AADC)
Dr Melissa Sweet
Editor-in-Chief and public health journalist
Croakey Health Media
A/Prof Natasha Howard
Program Lead: Implementation Science
Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Nicole Hewlett
Project Manager
First Nations Cancer & Wellbeing Research Program, University of Queensland
A/Prof Paula O’Brien
Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Dr Robyn Littlewood
Chief Executive Officer
Health and Wellbeing Queensland
Dr Robyn Williams
Senior Research Fellow
Medical School, Curtin University
Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM
Public Health Nutritionist
Senior Visiting Fellow
School of Medical Sciences
University of New South Wales
Sarah White
Chief Executive Officer
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health
Dr Shalini Arunogiri
Clinical Director, Statewide Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow
Turning Point and Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
Prof Sharon Friel
ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of Health Equity
Australian National University
Prof Simone Pettigrew
Program Director, Health Promotion and Behaviour Change, Food Policy
Professorial Fellow
The George Institute for Global Health
Dr Sophie Scamps
Member for Mackellar
Dr Summer May Finlay
Senior Lecturer
University of Wollongong
Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine
Chief Executive Officer
Health Justice Australia
We are grateful to our funding partners, VicHealth and Health and Wellbeing Queensland, for their support of Women in Public Health. Their commitment is crucial in helping us advance our mission to empower women in the public health sector and promote gender equality.
WPH acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we operate throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the continuing connection to country of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
