Associate ProfessorRuth Colagiuri

Ruth is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, having joined the Menzies Centre for Health Policy (formerly Australian Health Policy Institute) at The University of Sydney in June 2005 to establish and direct The Diabetes Unit - a focus for policies and strategies for improving diabetes prevention and care and to establish an Oxford Health Alliance presence in the Asia-Pacific Region. Prior to this Ruth co-founded and directed the Australian Centre for Diabetes Strategies at the Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales. Previously, she managed the ambulatory care Diabetes Centre at the Prince of Wales Hospital, and worked as a Senior Policy Analyst in the NSW Health Department on diabetes as the prototype for a 'health outcomes' approach to chronic diseases.

With an increasing interest in environmental determinants of chronic disease and the link between their causes and the causes of global warming, in mid 2008, Ruth was appointed by the Faculty of Medicine to lead the Health Theme of The University of Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Solutions.