RE-FRESH: Next Generation Chief Investigator Deakin Distinguished Professor Anna Peeters has been appointed to head Victoria’s Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) as the new Chief Executive Officer.

Anna led the original RE-FRESH NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in healthier food retail environments,  from 2018-2023 — the predecessor centre to RE-FRESH: Next Generation.

Professor Peeters has had a long-standing association with VicHealth, including earlier in her career as a VicHealth Research Fellow in 2003. She served on the VicHealth Board for over five years, nominated by the Cancer Council.

Professor Peeters will begin her new role as VicHealth CEO in the coming months.

Victorian Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas said she was delighted Prof. Peeters was joining VicHealth as CEO and looked forward to working with her to improve the health and wellbeing of all Victorians.

“Professor Anna Peeters is an exceptional public health expert who has spent her career working towards a healthier and fairer world,” she said.

 

‘I look forward to working with Victorians towards a healthier, fairer future for everyone.’

Deakin Distinguished Prof. Anna Peeters, RE-FRESH: Next Generation Chief Investigator and Director of RE-FRESH 2018-2024