Conjoint Associate Professor Kathy Trieu

Kathy is a public health nutritionist with a PhD in Medicine, MPH and BAppSc (Nutr&ExSpSc) from the University of Sydney. She is Program Lead- Nutrition Implementation Research at the George Institute for Global Health and holds a conjoint Associate Professor appointment at UNSW. Her research focuses on addressing diet-related disease burden through developing, implementing and evaluating policies and interventions to improve nutrition for different populations worldwide. Her research and teaching expertise are in dietary assessment methods, implementation science, dietary modelling and process and outcome evaluation of complex interventions and policies. As Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Population Salt Reduction, Kathy has a strong experience in translating research findings to impact policy and practice, and has conducted policy-oriented research alongside governments and NGOs in over 10 countries (e.g. Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam).

Kathy is currently supported by a National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellowship, and was previously supported by both a NHMRC and National Heart Foundation of Australia early career fellowship.