Simone Pettigrew

About Professor Simone Pettigrew

Program Head, Food Policy

  • PhD (Consumer Research)

Professor Simone Pettigrew is the Head of Food Policy. She has qualifications in Economics, Marketing, and Consumer Psychology. Her broad areas of expertise include behavioural psychology, health promotion, health policy, communications, social marketing, and intervention research.

Along with nutrition, her substantive areas of research include obesity, physical activity, alcohol consumption, smoking, active transport, and healthy ageing. Simone sits on numerous advisory committees and regularly performs research consultancies for NGO and government entities. To date, she has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and produced more than 160 technical reports for NGOs and government departments.

See Professor Pettigrew's full CV here.

Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to reduced-sodium salt: a systematic review

Journal of Human Hypertension Date published:

Alcohol Pricing and Discounting in Western Australia: Identifying Products Below Hypothetical Minimum Unit Prices

Drug and Alcohol Review Date published:

Concerned but confused: Australian consumers’ awareness, understanding, and recognition of ultra-processed foods

Appetite Date published:

Impact of Whole-Grain Labelling on Food Choice and Perceived Healthfulness: A Randomised Choice Experiment

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases Date published:

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