Anna is Director of the Institute for Healthcare Transformation, Professor of Epidemiology and Equity in Public Health, and Associate Director of the Global Obesity Centre, at Deakin University. She is Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society and sits on national and international advisory boards and steering committees. In 2014 she was awarded the prestigious World Obesity Federation Andre Mayer Award for research excellence in obesity and a Churchill Award for innovative work in equity and population prevention.