Sharon Friel
Professor Sharon Friel
Professor Sharon Friel is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet). She was Director of RegNet from 2014-2019. Sharon is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
She is considered one of the foremost researchers internationally in the social determinants of health, and was nominated in 2014 by her international peers as one of the world’s most influential female leaders in global health. Sharon’s interests are in the governance and regulatory processes related to the structural factors affecting health inequities, including trade and investment; urbanisation; food systems and climate change.
Sharon is Co-Director of the five year NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity and chief investigator on several other current major research collaborations in policy and governance issues associated with health inequities.
In 2010 she was awarded an inaugural Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to investigate the interface between climate change, social determinants and health equity. Between 2005 and 2008 she was the Head of the Scientific Secretariat (University College London) of the World Health Organisation Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Research interests: Governance and regulation as it relates to health equity; social determinants of health; health inequalities; global health; food systems; climate change; and public policy processes and health equity
Sharon Friel on Policy Forum: Global Health and holding industries accountable
A third of global deaths can be linked to a combination of climate change, the non-communicable disease epidemic, and just four industry sectors: tobacco, ultra-processed food, fossil fuel, and alc
Making her mark
ANU Professor of Health Equity, Sharon Friel, is making her mark in interdisciplinary studies.
ARC Laureate Fellowship: PhD scholarship
A four-year full-time PhD scholarships starting July 2023 is available with the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship in Governance for Planetary Health Equity.
Sharon Friel, new Fellow of the AAHMS
We are delighted to announce that Professor Sharon Friel has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health an
Launch of the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse
Professor Sharon Friel has launched the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse (the Hothouse), an initiative of the Australian Res
Sharon Friel on Policy Forum: The price of a healthy life
How is the current cost of living crisis impacting the health and wellbeing of Australians? How do the social determinants of health play out in the community?
RegNet PhD scholarships
The School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) is offering three scholarships for 2022/23:
Covid-19 and cost of living pressures – Sharon Friel on ABC The Virus
The World Health Organisation says the true global death toll for COVID-19 is 15 million people.
IPPC report on climate mitigation
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines th
Impacts of more expensive fruit and vegetables – Sharon Friel on ABC Radio
As the cost of living rises, doctors and public health experts are worried society’s poorest are turning toward less healthy food.
Job opportunities: Research Fellows for the ARC Laureate Planetary Health Equity Hothouse
The Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) is seeking two dynamic and energetic Research Fellows to join the new ARC
Job opportunity: Senior Project Officer with the Menzies Centre for Health Governance
The Menzies Centre for Health Governance (MCHG) at RegNet is seeking an energetic Senior Project Officer to provide comprehensive project management support on a diverse r
RegNet scholars awarded NHMRC Ideas Grant
We are delighted to announce that Ashley Schram (Chief Investigator), Sharon Friel and Belinda Townsend has been awarded the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC
Government gets F for housing during COVID-19
The Federal Government has failed in its housing policy response according to a report that assessed health equity implications during the COVID pandemic.
Sharon Friel receives PHAA Mentor of the Year Award
We are delighted to announce that ANU RegNet Professor Sharon Friel has been awarded the Public Health Mentor of the Year Award by the Public Health Association Australia
Hitting the poor and disadvantaged
Professor Sharon Friel was interviewed by Croakey Health Media on the Australian Labor Party’s support for inequitable tax cuts.
Regulatory governance pathways to improve the efficacy of Australian food policies
Researchers Sharon Friel, Yandisa Ngqangashe and Ashley Schram from the Menzies Centre for Health Governance at the ANU’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) recently completed a Me
ARC Laureate Fellow to advance the understanding of how to redress global health inequity
Professor Sharon Friel from the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) has been awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC
Federal budget 2021: ANU expert analysis from Sharon Friel
Professor Sharon Friel shares her expert opinion on what the budget means for social equity and wellbeing, as part of the VC’s Federal Budget 2021 update.
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Addressing complexity in prevention research using systems approaches: systems case studies.
Using diverse case studies from Australia, this project will explore what and how systems approaches are being used in prevention research to address complexity and create real world change.
Discursive frames in food marketing policy
The aim of this research project is to examine the frames and underlying discourses that shape the classification of food in existing government and industry food marketing policies globally.
Disruption in the Public Interest
Even before Covid-19, climate change, inequality and poor health outcomes related to non-communicable diseases shone a light on major ruptures evident within society – in Australia, across the Asia Pa
Governing harmful commodities: the case of ultra-processed foods
This ARC Discovery Project (2019-2022) aims to generate new knowledge on how to effect the development and implementation of multisectoral public policy to reduce the supply and consumption of ultra-p
Health equity implications of COVID-19
The Australian Government, like many governments worldwide, initiated a significant public policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
INFORMAS trade and investment module
The INFORMAS trade and investment module is primarily concerned with understanding the risks and benefits to healthy food environments and diets from trade agreements, through the establishment of a m
Smart and responsive regulation for population nutrition
This project examines the basic architectures of regulation and governance related to diet-related NCDs in four policy domains – food composition, food labelling, food taxation and food marketing rest
Completed
ARC Discover Project, Trade policy: maximising benefits for nutrition, food security, human health, and the economy
This ARC Discovery Project (2013-2015) will develop a systems-based conceptual framework for assessing the wider societal impacts of free trade agreements.
ARC Discovery Project, Shrinking the food-print by creating consumer demand for sustainable and healthy eating
Whilst the environmental footprint from food continues to rise, governments, industry and civil society groups throughout the world are frustrated by the lack of evidence for specifying an environment
ARC Linkage Project, Modelling policy interventions to protect Australia's food security in the face of environmental sustainability challenges
Australia's future food security will be challenged by climate change, environmental and resource constraints.
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Author(s): Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2020
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Sharon Friel, Ashley Schram, Belinda Townsend
Date of publications: 2020
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Mark Lawrence, Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2019
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Sharon Friel, Phillip Baker, Anne-Marie Thow , Deborah Gleeson, Belinda Townsend , Ashley Schram
Date of publications: 2019
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2019
Publication type: Book
Author(s): The Lancet Commission on Obesity, Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2019
Publication type: Report
Author(s): The Lancet Commission on Obesity
Date of publications: 2019
Publication type: In Brief
Author(s): Melanie Pescud, Sharon Friel , Amanda Lee, Gary Sacks, Elizabeth Meertens, Rob Carter, Megan Cobcroft, Elizabeth Munn, Joanne Greenfield
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Fran Baum, Sharon Friel, Jennie Popay, Toni Delany-Crowe, Toby Freeman, Kedar Baral, Connie Musolino, Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Vinya Ariyaratne, Paulin Basinga, Mary Bassett, David M Bishai, Mickey Chopra, Elsa Giugliani, Hideki Hashimoto, James Macinko, Martin Mc, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Nikki Schaay, Orielle Solar, Thiagarajan Sundararaman, David Sanders
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Sharon Friel, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Julianne Williams, Isurujith K Liyanage, Indika Karunathilake, Ashan Pathirana, Asela Olupeliyawa, Isuru Samaratunga, Prasad Katulanda, Ranil Jayawardena, Ajith Alagiyawanna, Palitha Abeykoon, Neelamani Hewageegana, R. Surenthirakumaran, Dr.Kandasamy Arulanandem, Nick Townsend
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Working paper
Author(s): Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Jenny Goodare
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: RegNet report
Author(s): Anna Marie Thow, Stephen Greenberg, Mafaniso Hara, Sharon Friel, Andries duToit, David Sanders
Date of publications: 2018
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Prof Sharon Friel
Date of publications: 2017
Publication type: Government and community sector reports
Author(s): RegNet
Date of publications: 2016
Publication type: RegNet report
