Associate Professor Christina Pollard has over 30 years’ experience working within government developing, implementing and evaluating public health and health promotion interventions at national, state and local levels.  Dr Pollard has led government health related policy and strategy with demonstrated outcomes. She calls herself a prac-ademic committed to advocating for those rendered vulnerable to poor health due to their social or economic circumstance. She is best known for the award winning Gofor2&5^© and Find 30^© social marketing campaigns and her work in addressing food insecurity and obesity. Christina contributes to the wider community in her role as the Public Health Association of Australia’s Vice President (Policy) and as a Board member of Foodbank WA and Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition.  She is a committee member of the Australian Academy of Science’ Decadal Nutrition Plan and a Fellow of the World Cancer Research Fund International. Dr Pollard is committed to supporting the developing public health/health promotion workforce.

To contact Christina, please email C.Pollard@curtin.edu.au.

Sunni Wilson joined PHAIWA in April 2012 to edit the WA Indigenous Storybook series, of which she published nine editions of the unique resource with Dr Mel Stoneham. Sunni has worked extensively with Aboriginal people and communities and has a strong interest in the area of Aboriginal health. Sunni is currently a Senior Coordinator at PHAIWA and she oversees the organisation’s media and communication processes and supports PHAIWA’s Horizon projects. Sunni has a Bachelor of Communications from Murdoch University in WA and is an experienced journalist who has previously worked at ABC Perth, GWN7, The Sunday Times Newspaper and PerthNow.

To contact Sunni, please phone 9266 2344 or email sunni.wilson@curtin.edu.au. 

Jo has over 20 years’ experience developing and delivering health promotion, corporate health and wellbeing and community based programs. Her career has included working for both local and state government along with corporate and community based sectors and consulting services.   She has worked various locations around Western Australia including regional and remote, along with internationally in the United Kingdom with particular skills in capacity building, project management and delivery, health promotion, corporate health, partnership development and general health and wellbeing advocacy.

Jo enjoys facilitating the on the ground delivery aspect of projects and building community capacity and partnerships for ongoing sustainability.  She is currently leading the PHAIWA’s public health planning advisory service and the Aboriginal media training projects.

To contact Jo, email jo.malcolm@curtin.edu.au or phone 9266 9081.

Melissa has over 25 years’ experience in the fields of public and environmental health, with particular skills in the area of health promotion, public policy, Aboriginal health and advocacy.

Melissa is PHAIWA’s former Director and has been with the organisation since its inception in late 2007. She recently changed roles within PHAIWA, and is now the lead for the #endingtrachoma research that is aiming to reduce trachoma in 41 remote communities across WA.

She has worked with and for local, state and commonwealth government agencies, universities, professional associations and international Aid organisations, WHO in Africa and Secretariat of Pacific Communities in Noumea, working in a range of fields including environmental health, HIV, alcohol and drug harm minimisation, medical waste and vector control.

Melissa is passionate about making a difference and describes herself as a practice-based researcher. Issues that are of specific interest include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, local government public health practice, sports sponsorship, mentoring future leaders and advocacy.

She currently sits on a number of state and national Boards and Advisory Committees and is an Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

To contact Melissa, email m.stoneham@curtin.edu.au or phone 0421 113 580.

Nikki is our Office Administrator and Project Officer, and manages our E-news and Bin the Spin services. Nikki started with PHAIWA in 2011 and has over 30 years’ experience as an Office Administrator across a diverse range of industries including university, government and private enterprise sectors.

To contact Nikki email n.george@curtin.edu.au or phone (08) 9266 9078.

Melinda has over 10 years’ experience in health promotion and public health. Melinda has been with PHAIWA since 2015 and is responsible for managing capacity building activities and healthy sport sponsorship projects, developing and maintaining partnerships and supporting PHAIWA’s public health planning advisory service.

Before working at PHAIWA Melinda worked in the non-government sector for six years on state-wide injury prevention, sector development, and healthy lifestyle programs. She has a particular passion for strategic planning, project management and empowering others to build their skills and make a difference.

Melinda has shown strong leadership for her profession holding a number of executive positions on both state and national Boards and Committees over her career. She is currently Director and Secretary of the Australian Health Promotion Association.

You can contact Melinda at melinda.edmunds@curtin.edu.au or 9266 1544.

Ros joined PHAIWA in 2015 after returning from six years living in South East Asia working in the fields of advocacy, health promotion, community development and recruitment.  Her accomplishments include preparing and delivering health based programs in developing areas of Vietnam and the Philippines, consulting with medical agencies and NGO’s and managing various charity funded projects. Her time in South East Asia broadened her knowledge of cultural, social and economic issues relating to health and well being and allowed her to participate in a range of rewarding personal and professional activities.

She is now following her passion in the area of child health and development and coordinates the LG Policy Awards and Mentoring Program and assists with the MediaWatch Service and Advocacy training workshops.

To contact Ros, email Roslyn.natalotto@curtin.edu.au or phone 9266 2489

Scott has worked in Aboriginal Environmental Health for the last seven years within Shires located in the Kimberley and Pilbara and has more recently worked for the Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service. Scott works on the Trachoma Prevention Program – Bright Eyes, visiting ‘at risk’ communities throughout WA to determine and deliver specific environmental health activities as required.

To contact Scott please email scott.mackenzie@curtin.edu.au (works remotely in Albany).

Julia is currently taking long service leave until September 2020. Please direct any inquiries to phaiwa@curtin.edu.au.

Mike Daube is Professor of Health Policy at Curtin University and foundling Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute and the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth. Before moving to Curtin in 2005 he was Director General of Health for WA and Chair of the National Public Health Partnership.