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Prof Caroline Miller is Director of the Health Policy Centre, based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, located in Adelaide, Australia.
She is also an NHMRC Emerging Leader and Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow at the University of Adelaide School of Public Health. She has qualifications in behavioural science and economics; her PhD focussed on social marketing in public health.
The Health Policy Centre delivers evidence to inform public health policy and health promotion interventions to reduce the preventable burdens of non-communicable disease. It specialises in tobacco control, obesity prevention and alcohol research. Currently the Centre is also leading a rapid COVID-19 Evidence Synthesis service to support South Australian and Australian responses to COVID-19.
Prof Miller is most known for her work in tobacco control, in which she has specialised for over 20 years. She was one of a select group of research scientists advising the Australian Government on world-leading tobacco plain packaging measures. She led elements and contributed to the larger research program which underpinned the laws, and its successful defence against international legal challenges. She works internationally in tobacco control. Prof Miller is highly experienced in the development and implementation of effective public health campaigns and communications to change health behaviours, most notably smoking behaviour, but also obesity prevention, sun protection, and cancer screening.
Prof Miller is currently leading a program of research applying a public health framework to the issue of obesity prevention, with a specialist focus on over consumption of ultra-processed foods and beverages, including artificially-sweetened beverages.
The Centre also undertakes research in patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in prostate cancer and breast cancer. The Centre manages the SA Cancer Clinical Registry Central Coordination Unit and works in partnership with the NT Population Cancer Registry. Health Translation SA’s No Australians Dying of Bowel Cancer Project, is based in the Centre.
Caroline leads SAHMRI’s Community and Consumer Engagement strategy.
Highlights of her career include:
Prof Miller currently supervises 2 PhD and 1 MPhil students.
PhD, University of Adelaide
Masters, University of Adelaide
Bachelor's Degree, University of Adelaide
Bachelor's Degree (Honours), University of Adelaide
Beacon Senior Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide
3 Jan 2017 → 30 Dec 2017NHMRC Emerging Leader, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review