Lancet Obesity Fellows
The Lancet Commission Fellows are:
| Fellow Name | Title | Affiliation | Country | |
| Phillip Baker |
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Research Fellow | School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University | Australia |
| Hannah Brinsden |
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Head of Advocacy & Public Affairs / Doctoral student |
World Obesity Federation / Centre for Food Policy - City, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| Jessica Bogard |
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Doctoral Student |
School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. Global Change Team, Agriculture and Food, CSIRO |
Autralia |
| Ariadne Beatrice Kapetanaki |
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Senior Lecturer | Department of Marketing and Enterprise, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire | UK |
| Matthew Kasman |
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Research Associate | Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution | USA |
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Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy |
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia | USA | |
| Michael Long |
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Assistant Professor | Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University | USA |
| Susanna Mills |
Public Health Specialty Registrar and National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellow | Univeristy of Newcastle | UK | |
| Alexandra Morshed |
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Doctoral Student | Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis | USA |
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General Manager | Morgan Foundation | New Zealand |
| Gary Sacks |
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Senior Research Fellow | World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University | Australia |
| Ali Tootee |
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Doctoral Student | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran |
| Stefanie Vandevijvere |
Seior Research Fellow | University of Auckland | New Zealand / Belgium | |
| Wilma Waterlander |
Research Fellow | University of Auckland / INFORMAS | New Zealand | |
| Luke Wolfenden |
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Associate Professor | Hunter New England Population Health & The University of Newcastle | Australia |
Past Fellows
| Mahendra Naidoo |
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Visiting Fulbright Fellow | Center for Global Health, National Institute of Health’s National Cancer Institute | USA |











