Penny Farrell is a public health researcher and veterinarian with over seven years of experience in health, nutrition, and agriculture policy research in Pacific Island Countries, Asia, and Africa. Penny recently completed a PhD on food security in the Pacific region and has worked previously in the not-for-profit, university, and government sectors. She is a Research Fellow at The Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, researching how to build healthy and sustainable food systems, with a focus on inequities. Penny has also practiced for a decade as a veterinarian, both as a clinician and in animal health policy development and regulation.