ProfessorDon Nutbeam

AO; FFPH (UK); FAAHMS

I am the Executive Director of Sydney Health Partners (https://sydneyhealthpartners.org.au/) and a Professor of Public Health In the Sydney School of Public Health. I am a social scientist with research interests in the social and behavioural determinants of health, and in the development and evaluation of public health interventions. Over the past 15 years, my research has been primarily focused on developing and testing health literacy interventions through collaborations with colleagues in Australia, the UK and Europe.

My career has spanned positions in universities, government, health services and an independent health research institute. I was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton (2009-15); Academic Provost (2006-9) and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) at the University of Sydney from 2003. In this latter position, I was Head of the College of Health Sciences, comprising the Faculties of Medicine, Health Sciences, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy. For the period 2000–2003 I was a senior public servant in the UK, Head of Public Health in the Ministry of Health. My career prior to 2000 included a 10 year period at the University of Sydney as a Professor of Public Health and in different leadership roles, including Head of the School of Public Health, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine; and various appointments in the UK in public health roles in the NHS, an independent research institute and a government agency.

I have substantial international experience in both developing and developed countries, working as an advisor and consultant on public health issues for the World Health Organisation over a 35 year period. I have also worked as consultant and team leader in health system capacity development projects for the World Bank.