Prof. Amanda Lee

Professor Amanda Lee is Senior Advisor, The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre at the Sax Institute. As a Public Health Nutritionist and ‘pracademic’ she has expertise in chronic disease prevention, Indigenous health, and food, nutrition and public health policy. Amanda was Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Dietary Guidelines Working Committee. She serves on several national committees including as Chair of Food Standards Australian and New Zealand’s Consumer and Public Health Dialogue, Co-convenor of the Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of Australia and as a member of the Australian Academy of Science’s Nutrition Committee. Amongst recent projects, Amanda led the scoping study for a new national nutrition policy and developed the Healthy Diets ASAP (Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing) methods. Globally, she leads the food price and affordability domain of the International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS).