Australian Public Health Conference 2024
High value public health in a complex world
#AustPH2024
Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 September 2024
Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
Basil Hetzel Oration
The Basil Hetzel Oration recognises the contribution and commitment to Public Health Research and Advocacy of the Hon Dr Basil Hetzel AC who spent many years working in the international health arena, and is well-known for his work on iodine deficiency disorders. Basil Hetzel was born in London in 1922. He graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1944. After postgraduate education and research in Adelaide (1945-1951); New York (Fulbright Research Scholar (1951-54); and London (1954-1955), he returned to the University of Adelaide as Reader and later Michell Professor of Medicine (1956-1968). From 1968-1975 he was Foundation Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne. He then spent 10 years (1975-1985) with the CSIRO as first Chief of the CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition.
2024 Basil Hetzel Orator: Professor Gina Trapp
Professor of Food and Nutrition Environments, Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, Edith Cowan University
Recipe for change: Essential ingredients to turn research into policy
In this Basil Hetzel Oration, Professor Gina Trapp from the Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute at Edith Cowan University will outline a strategic blueprint for translating research into impactful public health policy. Structured around a metaphorical 'recipe' for policy change, Professor Trapp will reveal four key ingredients essential for turning research into policy. Drawing on examples from her award-winning food environment research program, she will demonstrate how these ingredients have worked together to help create healthier, more equitable communities that promote healthy eating habits. This engaging session offers valuable insights into the practical application of research to achieve a healthier world, one well-researched policy at a time.
Biography
Professor Gina Trapp is an Edith Cowan University’s Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow and Stan Perron Charitable Foundation People Fellow who is dedicated to improving children’s nutritional health and wellbeing through excellence in research. She established the Food Environments Team within the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute at Edith Cowan University (20 researchers/students) where she leads a pioneering and multidisciplinary research program that has won 41 awards and prizes for research excellence, impact and innovation. Her work focuses on the environmental factors affecting children's dietary choices and aims to help redress the nation's obesity epidemic. The insights gained from her research are informing public health and urban planning policies to foster healthier food environments where children live, learn, and play.