Full Name
Dr. Arnagretta Hunter
Position
Chair
Organisation
ACT Climate Change Council
Speaker Bio
Dr Arnagretta Hunter is a physician cardiologist and academic working across healthcare and public policy.
She is particularly interested in the intersection of climate change and health, global catastrophic risks and our human future.
Raised in Melbourne, Dr Hunter completed a BA(Hons) in international relations before embarking on medicine at the University of Sydney. She undertook medical training and has specialist qualifications as a physician cardiologist and a degree in Public Health. As a doctor she has worked across urban, regional and rural locations in Australia. She is involved with Policy and Advocacy with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians particularly on climate change and health, and on wellbeing in healthcare.
Dr Hunter has worked on climate change for some years. She is the current Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council and she is a member of the ANU Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions. In 2020 she co-chaired the Bushfire Impact Working Group for the College of Health and Medicine Australian National University, a group that won the Sidney Sax Medal for Public Health in 2020. She recently joined the board of Natural Hazards Research Australia. She is an honorary A/Prof at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU where she cohosts the (soon to re-emerge!) Policy Forum Podcast on public policy.
She is particularly interested in the intersection of climate change and health, global catastrophic risks and our human future.
Raised in Melbourne, Dr Hunter completed a BA(Hons) in international relations before embarking on medicine at the University of Sydney. She undertook medical training and has specialist qualifications as a physician cardiologist and a degree in Public Health. As a doctor she has worked across urban, regional and rural locations in Australia. She is involved with Policy and Advocacy with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians particularly on climate change and health, and on wellbeing in healthcare.
Dr Hunter has worked on climate change for some years. She is the current Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council and she is a member of the ANU Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions. In 2020 she co-chaired the Bushfire Impact Working Group for the College of Health and Medicine Australian National University, a group that won the Sidney Sax Medal for Public Health in 2020. She recently joined the board of Natural Hazards Research Australia. She is an honorary A/Prof at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU where she cohosts the (soon to re-emerge!) Policy Forum Podcast on public policy.
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