Preventive health, ageing and chronic illness

Dr Shannon Lin 

Dr Shannon Lin, Senior Lecturer, is one of the most experienced diabetes dietitians and diabetes educators in Australia with about 20 years of experience in diverse healthcare settings. 

She is well known for her high standard of clinical practice. Shannon's passion lies in enhancing the diabetes workforce capacity and inspiring students and healthcare professionals in diabetes health service delivery. 

She is actively involved in national and international diabetes projects, holds many key advisory roles (e.g., NSW Health & Primary Health Networks, Diabetes Australia, Australian Diabetes Educators Associations, Australian Diabetes Society), contributes to national diabetes initiatives and policies, and has received prestigious awards for her contributions to the field.

Professor David Sibbritt

Stroke research: the ‘Allen Study’

The ‘Allen Study’ is a community-based, prospective, longitudinal stroke cohort study which has been designed and is being led by researchers in the School of Public Health. 

The aim of the study is to examine the health and health outcomes of stroke survivors over an extensive period of their adult life post-stroke. 

In particular, the study explores: 

• the lived experiences of stroke survivors and their health behaviours to help cope and live with stroke over time
• the post-stroke rehabilitation services and related medical costs over time
• the opportunities and challenges around secondary stroke prevention and how such prevention can be strengthened/improved across survivors, practitioners and others, and
• the opportunities to facilitate and promote research and policy collaboration and capacity building around post-stroke rehabilitation, complication management, and secondary stroke prevention. 

To address these aims, the Allen Study will analyse data collected from a comprehensive questionnaire, which will be linked to routinely collected administrative health data. Recruitment for the Allen Study will begin in October 2023.

Associate Professor Anne Grunseit

Anne Grunseit has expertise in research and evaluation methods which are being deployed in the wider field of public health. For example, she has recently been invited to join the Statistics & Methodologies Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 

She routinely conducts Introduction to Public Health Program Evaluation workshops for staff of the NSW Ministry of Health and is on Research advisory bodies for parkrun Global and Invictus Australia. 

Anne’s work co-designing and researching playground space and physical activity with the Northern Sydney Local Health District has been cited in an evidence review on school education for NSW parliament, and a submission to a parliamentary committee on Planning and delivery of school infrastructure in NSW.