Ms Katherine Hirono

Dr Hirono is an experienced health equity researcher. Her research and professional experience focus on the integration of health into policy formation and land use projects. She specialises in health impact assessment, health in all policies, the social determinants of health, public participation and deliberative democracy.

Katie is currently an Adjunct Fellow at the International Centre for Future Health Systems. Previously, Katie was part of the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE) where she helped to lead cutting-edge work on health impact assessment. In addition to her adjunct role at UNSW, Katie is an affiliate at the Johns Hopkins University and a Principal Consultant at RPS Consulting UK & Ireland. 

Memberships and Professional Activities

Faculty of Public Health (UK)

Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment

Recent Publications

Hirono K, Dannenberg AL. (2021) Health Impact Assessment:  A tool for promoting healthier communities.  In:  Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 16^th Edition, Boulton ML, Ed.  Chicago:  McGraw-Hill.

Haigh F, Fletcher-Lartey S, Jaques K, Millen E, Calalang C, de Leeuw E, Mahimbo A, Hirono K. (2020). The health impacts of transformative infrastructure change: Process matters as much as outcomes. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 85, 106437.

Hirono, KT, Raab, K, Wendel, A, Choi, T, Yuen, T, Schuchter, J, & Fulk, F. (2017). The Challenges and Opportunities of Peer Review in Health Impact Assessment. Chronicles of Health Impact Assessment, 2(1), 37-48.

Hirono KT, Smith KE. (2017). Australia’s $40 per pack cigarette tax plans: the need to consider equity. Tobacco Control, 27(2), 229-233.

Hirono K, Gleeson D, Freeman B. (2016). To what extent does a tobacco carve-out protect public health in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement? Public health research & practice. 26(2), e2621622.

Hirono, K., Haigh, F., Gleeson, D., Harris, P., Thow, A. M., & Friel, S. (2016). Is health impact assessment useful in the context of trade negotiations? A case study of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. BMJ Open, 6(4).