Dr Ginny Sargent is an academic at the Australian National University. She was granted the “Researcher of the year” award from the UNSW Faculty of Medicine, for her PhD research on the role of primary health care in preventing chronic diseases associated with obesity.

Ginny is the Implementation Lead of the PHXchange (Population Health Exchange). This core project of the Research School of Population Health is leading a body of work embedding capabilities for engagement and research translation to achieve greater research impact. 

Ginny has extensive experience in population health research including: evaluation of government programs and policy; using co-production and other Implementation Science approaches; designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion interventions, including prevention of obesity; and disseminating research outcomes. 

Ginny has experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods including: developing and conducting large surveys; conducting interviews with a variety of participants and stakeholders; conducting focus groups and visual content analysis