Steven Allender
Role and profile
Dr Steven Allender is Professor of Public Health and Co- Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University. Steve holds a jointly funded NHMRC/ Australian Heart Foundation Career Development Fellow and is co-lead (CID) on an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy Research and Food Systems. Steve receives lead investigator funding from bodies including the Australian National Preventive Health Agency, the Australian Chronic Disease Prevention and Service Improvement Fund and the European Union International Research Staff Exchange. Steve holds a number of honorary appointments including: • Member of the United Kingdom National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Program Development Group Member for a whole system approach to obesity prevention • Foundation Member World Heart Federation’s Global Working Group (WG) on Policy/Advocacy, 2011 – • Consultant, Prevention, Health Policy and Epidemiology Section, European Association for Cardiac Prevention and Care 2010- • Honorary Membership Faculty of Public Health. Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom, 2009 – Teaching responsibilities
Deakin University Medical School: ‘The Obesity Pandemic’Oxford University Global Health Sciences: ‘From epidemiology to policy: evidence based prevention’ Research interests
Associate Professor Allender has an ongoing program of research on the burden of disease and obesity prevention. Recent work has seen a particular interest in the emerging burden of chronic disease in developing countries and the possibilities for using complex systems methodologies in community based interventions. Further work is in the development and understanding of community based approaches to chronic disease prevention.
Awards and prizes
Consultant, Prevention, Health Policy and Epidemiology Section, European Association for Cardiac Prevention and Care 2010Honorary Membership Faculty of Public Health. Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom, 2009 Nominated Future Leader within the Deakin University Developing Research Leaders Program 2010 Merit review award (recurring) for outstanding contribution above that expected of the grade. Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, 2009 World Heart Federation Fellowship. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, 2006 University of Oxford. Medical Sciences Division Research Fund Travel Award, 2002 International Society for Equity in Health. Kellogg Foundation Travel Award, 2002 Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Doctoral level student award for excellence, creative and original thinking and relevance to the field, 2002 Memberships
Oxford Health Alliance, 2008-ongoing Cardio and Vascular Coalition Modelling Burden of CVD Working Group, 2007–ongoing European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, Prevention and Health Policy Section Nucleus, 2006-ongoing European Public Health Association Public Health Epidemiology, 2006-ongoing European Public Health Association Public health and Policy, 2006-ongoing International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2005-ongoing Society for Social Medicine, 2002-ongoing Public Health Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2002-ongoing Australian Council of Health Physical, Education and Recreation, 2002-ongoing |
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20th September 2012