Our Team
EPOCH-Translate CRE is a collaboration between the University of Sydney, Deakin University, Flinders University and the Sydney Local Health District, with support from international experts and key Australian government agencies focusing on improving population health and early childhood health.
Our team has complementary expertise in epidemiology and statistics, health economics, health promotion, paediatrics, nutrition/dietetics and physical activity, behavioural science, knowledge translation, implementation science, First Peoples and culturally diverse population health, health equity, and primary health care.
Chief Investigators
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Professor Louise Baur
Professor of Child & Adolescent Health
Director of EPOCH-Translate CRE -
Professor Kylie Hesketh
Professor of Child Physical Activity and Public Health, Deakin University
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Professor Rebecca Golley
Deputy Director, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
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Professor Li Ming Wen
Director of Population Health Research and Evaluation Hub, Sydney Local Health District
Stream 3 lead -
Associate Professor Rachel Laws
Associate Professor in Public Health Nutrition
Stream 3 lead -
Professor Alison Hayes
Professor of Health Economics and Stream 2 lead
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Professor Karen Campbell
Professor of Population Nutrition, Deakin University
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Professor Elizabeth Denney-Wilson
Conjoint Professor, Sydney Local Health District and Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Stream 3 lead -
Dr Vicki Brown
Senior Research Fellow and Stream 2 lead
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Dr Anna Lene Seidler
Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre, University of Sydney
Stream 1 Lead
Associate Investigators
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Professor Rachael Taylor
Director, Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago
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Associate Professor Seema Mihrshahi
Associate Professor in Public Health, Macquarie University
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Dr Penelope Love
Senior Lecturer in Community and Public Health Nutrition, Deakin University
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Dr Sarah Taki
Senior Research Officer, Sydney Local Health District
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Professor Helen Skouteris
Professor and Head of the Health and Social Care Unit, Monash University
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Professor Lucie Rychetnik
Co-Director of the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney -
Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar
Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University College Cork, Ireland.
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Dr Jennifer Browne
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Obesity Centre, Deakin University
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Professor Colin Bell
Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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Professor Mark Harris
Professor of General Practice and
Executive Director of Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity,
University of NSW
EMCRs
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Dr Brittany J Johnson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Flinders University
Stream 1 Lead -
Mr Joe Carrello
Research Staff, Stream 3
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Ms Kylie Hunter
Senior Evidence Analyst and PhD Candidate
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Ms Michelle Tran
Research Staff, Stream 2
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Dr Thomas Lung
Associate Professor at the University of Sydney School of Public Health.
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Dr Lucinda Bell
Research Fellow in the Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
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Dr Eloise Litterbach
Research Staff - Knowledge Translation & Dissemination
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Dr Georgia Middleton
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Caring Future Institute - Flinders University
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Dr Emalie Rosewarne
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Public Health, The University of Sydney
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Ms Elly Ganakas
RA working in Stream 3 and KT Projects
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Dr Jessica Appleton
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Ms Dimity Dutch
Membership and Networking Lead
PhD Candidate, Flinders University
PhD Students
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Ms Danielle Jawad
PhD Candidate
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Ms Heilok Cheng
PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Ms Eve House
PhD Candidate, Stream 3
