Astrid Poelman is a Senior Research Fellow at The George Institute. She is a behavioural nutrition scientist with specific expertise in development and evaluation of community interventions, paediatric nutrition, consumer science, the role of sensory science to improve public health nutrition and translational nutrition science. She works with a wide range of stakeholders to facilitate adoption of research findings in practice and policy. She led the development and implementation of two nationally available programs (Taste & Learn™) for children in educational settings (primary schools and childcare) to support the development of lifelong healthy eating habits, in particular vegetable consumption. She has a strong research interest in preventive health interventions to reduce health inequities. 

Astrid holds a PhD from Wageningen University (the Netherlands) investigating children’s sensory preferences to support increased vegetable consumption using product and behaviour-centred approaches. She is a Registered Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia.