Commercial Determinants of Health

• Dr Jennifer Lacy-Nichols

  Unit Head

Research Overview

The commercial determinants of health (CDoH) are the ways in which businesses influence health and equity (for better and for worse – we look largely at the latter). Our teaching and research aim to expose and challenge harmful CDoH, while equipping health and other professions with the tools, resources and knowledge to advance a world in which people and the planet are prioritised over profits. Our projects explore different facets of CDoH: how business lobbying can delay and weaken public health policies; how data science can improve the visibility of corporate practices; how public health and other stakeholders can protect public health in the face of powerful commercial obstruction; how privatisation of health and social services influences health and equity; and how we can advance health promoting business practices. We regularly collaborate with government and non-governmental organisations, policymakers and researchers around the world. Engagement and policy impact are at the core of our efforts to shift the balance of power in favour of health and equity.

Staff

Dr Jennifer Lacy-Nichols (Unit Head)

Professor Rob Moodie

Joanna Williams

Collaborators

Melbourne Data Analytics Platform

Kim Doyle

Priyanka Nair-Turkich

Contact Details

Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Victoria, 3010, Australia

We welcome conversations about potential research and/or funding collaborations with those who share our vision. Please feel free to contact Dr Jennifer Lacy-Nichols at jlacy@unimelb.edu.au