NSW-ACT Committee

Co-President

Philayrath Phongsavan is Professor of Public Health in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the School of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Collaboration, The University of Sydney.

Co-President

Dr Sarah Taki is a Senior Research Officer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow based at the Health Promotion Service, Sydney Local Health District and the Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood (EPOCH CRE).

Vice President

Miriam is currently a Health Promotion Officer at Northern Sydney Local Health District focusing on Sexual Health Promotion with young people and gay men, She is registered as a Health Promotion Practitioner.

Secretary

Dr Justin Guagliano is a Lecturer in Health Promotion, based in the School of Health Sciences at Western Sydney University.

Committee Member (Ex Officio)

Dr Freya MacMillan is a Health and Wellbeing Research Theme Champion at Western Sydney University and an Associate Professor in Interprofessional Health Sciences within the School of Health Sciences where she coordinates and teaches Health Promotion units.

Committee Member

Glen has over 25 years in healthcare, engineering, and consulting industries. During that time he has initiated, influenced, and instituted significant policy changes on a number of healthcare issues which have led to public inquiries, judicial inquiries, and legislative changes at State and Commonwealth levels.  

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Jennifer first commenced integrating health promotion strategies into her clinical work as a speech pathologist in the 1980s and has continued throughout her career including her recent roles in food security and child safety roles at Red Cross.

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James is currently Lecturer in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC), School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.

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Josephine Chau is a public health researcher with expertise in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, health promotion, and program evaluation. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Macquarie University and works on Dharug and Eora lands.

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Li Ming has extensive research experience in the fields of medicine, social science and public health in China and Australia. Since 2000, he has been the Research and Evaluation Manager in the Health Promotion Service of Sydney Local Health District.

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Madhur is currently working as the Wellbeing Project Officer at The Australian National University. 

Committee Member

Associate Professor Michelle Dickson is an Australian Aboriginal (Darkinjung/Ngarigo) academic in the Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, the University of Sydney.