Ali Lakhani, BBA, MA, MES, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health with the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, and an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Hopkins Centre, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, at Griffith University. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with degrees in business, economics, environmental studies and health promotion. He has a decade of experience conducting community-based research focusing on the environmental determinants of health.