Cherie Russell is research fellow at Deakin University and the University of Queensland, specialising in Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems. She also holds a Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Sciences with Honours, and is awaiting conferral of her PhD Thesis. Her research focuses on holistic policy making to deal with real world problems, including promoting a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food environment, food supply and food system. She is also a member of the Public Health Association of Australia’s Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group Executive and a co-founder of the advocacy organisation Healthy Food Systems Australia.