Professor Jacqui Webster
Centre Director
Head of Advocacy and Policy Impact and Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction
- Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
- AUSTRALIA
- PHD IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- BACHELOR OF SOCIOLOGY
Jacqui is Head of Advocacy and Policy Impact within the Food Policy team at the George Institute and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction at the George Institute. She is also a Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Jacqui’s primary research interests are food policy implementation science, public health advocacy, stakeholder engagement and evaluation of salt reduction interventions. She has extensive experience of implementing complex public health interventions including in the UK, The Netherlands, The Pacific Islands, Mongolia, Vietnam and Australia. Her current focus is translating her experience of implementing effective salt reduction programs globally to broader food and health programs. Jacqui was awarded her PhD from Sydney Medical School at University of Sydney in 2011 and currently supervises a number of students there and provides guest lectures on public health advocacy and food to the School of Public Health and Nutrition and Dietetics students.
Jacqui is currently supported by a Heart Foundation Future Leaders Level II Award on strengthening and monitoring food policies. She receives additional funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Heart Foundation, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and the World Health Organization for work in this field.
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+61 2 9993 4520
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Dr Kathy Trieu
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
- PHD IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- BAPPSC (EXSPSC & NUTR)
AUSTRALIA
Kathy Trieu is a Senior Research Fellow within The George Institute for Global Health’s Food Policy Division and conjoint Senior Lecturer for the University of New South Wales. She is also the Program Manager of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction.
Kathy’s primary research activities include developing, implementing, evaluating, and influencing food policies to improve the nutrition and health of populations around the world. In particular, she leads activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Salt Reduction, which aims to support countries achieve a 30% reduction in global salt intake by 2025, by producing evidence-informed guidance documents and administering training related to developing, implementing, and evaluating salt reduction strategies.
In January 2019, Kathy was awarded her PhD from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney, which examined the implementation and the effectiveness of interventions to lower population salt intake worldwide. Building on her PhD, Kathy is currently supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship and a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to examine population strategies to optimise both sodium and potassium intake for the prevention of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. This involves evaluating nutrition policies, implementation science, dietary modelling and process and economic evaluations.
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Dr Briar McKenzie
Research fellow
- Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine)
- MASTERS OF DIETETICS
- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HUMAN NUTRITION)
AUSTRALIA
Briar Mckenzie is a Research Fellow and accredited practising dietitian (APD) within the Food Policy Division at the George Institute for Global Health and a conjoint lecturer with UNSW. Briar aims to conduct research that improves diets at a population level and reduces the burden of diet related diseases equitably.
Briar’s research focuses on two main areas, firstly, supporting the scale-up of food policy interventions in Pacific Island countries, and secondly, in exploring the relationship between diet and poor brain health. Across her focus areas, she has a key interest in exploring gender equity considerations.
She is supported by a National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for her research into diet and poor vascular brain health.
Briar holds an undergraduate degree in Nutritional Science (BSc) and a Master’s of Dietetics (MDiet) from the University of Otago, New Zealand. She completed her PhD in 2022 through UNSW, her PhD focused on investigating sex and gender differences in diets and the relationship with cardiometabolic diseases.
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Dr Emalie Rosewarne
Research fellow
- Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine)
- MASTERS OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
- BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (PHYSIOLOGY)
AUSTRALIA
Emalie Rosewarne is a Research Fellow and Accredited Practising Dietitian within The George Institute for Global Health’s Food Policy Division. Her research program supports the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction and Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact team.
Emalie’s current research program supports projects on improving food and water security, and food intake, in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia, and scaling up the use of potassium-enriched salts in the Australian food supply.
Emalie’s completed her PhD at UNSW in 2023. Her doctoral research focused on designing, implementing and evaluating policies and advocacy to create healthier food environments in Australia and globally, with a particular focus on salt reduction strategies.
Emalie also holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics (MNutrDiet) from The University of Sydney.
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+61 2 8052 4382
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Dr Dori Patay
RESEARCH fellow
- PhD in Regulation and Governance
- Master of Health Care Policy Planning and Financing
- Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management
- Bsc of Physiotherapy
Dori Patay is a research fellow within The George Institute for Global Health’s Food Policy Division. Her research supports the Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact team, and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction.
Dori has several years of experience in research, governance strengthening and development in widely different geographical regions (Europe, Africa, Australia, Pacific) across the public, private and civil sectors. She has worked with two of Australia’s top universities before joining The George Institute, researching how the commercial determinants of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can be better governed. Her doctoral research and several of her other research projects have focused on the regulatory issues around tobacco, foods and nutrition, and alcohol. Dori has a strong interdisciplinary background; she informs her work on public health from regulation, governance, public administration, development and political science scholarships.
In her current work as a research fellow at the Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact team, she supports current projects on scaling up food policy interventions to reduce NCDs in Pacific Island Countries and on improving food and water security in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.
Aliyah Palu
PHD Candidate and RESEARCH ASSISTANT
- MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- BACHELOR OF ARTS
- BACHELOR OF GLOBAL STUDIES
AUSTRALIA
Aliyah Palu is a Research Assistant within The George Institute for Global Health’s Food Policy Division. Her research assistance supports the Public Health Advocacy and Policy Impact team, and the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction.
Aliyah’s research passions lie in the transformation of food systems and global accessibility to healthier food options. This includes the development of initiatives in Asia and the Pacific Islands to improve nation-wide diets and reduce the burden of NCDs.
Aliyah holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree of Arts and Global Studies and a Masters of International Development.
Aliyah is a PHD Candidate at the University of New South Wales and is progressing a PHD on Pacific Islander diet and healthy policy for Pacific Islander communities living in Australia.
Emma Hawken
Research Assistant
- Bachelor in Communication and Media Studies
- Masters of Public Health
AUSTRALIA
Emma Hawken is a Research Assistant at The George Institute for Global Health, falling under the Food Policy Division. Her role involves assisting the research in strengthening advocacy and policy impact throughout the organization, with a focus on research to strengthen food and nutrition policy impact. Emma’s passion for research has a strong drive in interventions to create healthier food options for countries worldwide, and also supporting countries to research and implement evidence-based salt reduction interventions as the designates World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction.
- Dr Temo Waqanivalu, World Health Organization, Geneva
- Warrick Kim World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office
- Wendy Snowdon, World Health Organization Representative Office of the South Pacific
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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