ProfessorGary Sacks
Professor, Research
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
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- Professor, ResearchFaculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 9251 7105 (Work)
- +61 403 491 205 (Mobile)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Food policy
Commercial determinants of health
Sustainable investment
Food taxes and labelling
GRANTS
- FELLOWSHIPFEATUREDEnhancing policy implementation for healthy food environments1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Gary Sacks
- GRANTFEATUREDHealthy Food, Healthy Planet, Healthy People1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2026People funded by this grant:
- Pettigrew S,
- Wu J,
- Mhurchu CN,
- Sacks G,
- Neal B
- GRANTFEATUREDSupporting food companies to implement policies for improving population nutrition1 May 2020 - 30 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- Sacks G,
- Cameron A,
- Mhurchu CN,
- Neal B,
- Backholer K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCommercial and Economic Determinants of Health July 20241 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2030People funded by this grant:
- Sacks G,
- Paradies Y,
- Browne J,
- Backholer K,
- Martino F
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe evaluation of Vichealth's Food Hubs on local food systems.20 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lindberg R,
- Reeve E,
- Wingrove K,
- Bolton K,
- Love P
- CONTRACT RESEARCHHealthy Schools, Healthy Early Childhood Services and Healthy Workplaces Achievement Program review29 Dec 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Yoong S,
- Backholer K,
- Peeters A,
- Sacks G,
- Bolton K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomic evaluation of the implementation of a policy to restrict unhealthy food and drink advertising on Western Australia (WA) State - owned assets.5 Oct 2022 - 3 Apr 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Angeles MR,
- Backholer K,
- Sacks G,
- Brown V
- GRANTApplying learning health systems methods in community-based prevention: using novel methods to understand dynamic barriers to implementation of chronic disease prevention programs1 Oct 2022 - 31 Oct 2023People funded by this grant:
- Yoong S,
- Grady A,
- Hodder R,
- Wolfenden L,
- Sacks G
- CONTRACT RESEARCHWHO Information Brief on Climate and Health: Red and Processed Meat.15 Sep 2022 - 15 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Sievert K,
- Sacks G
- GRANTPromoting CHANGE (Community Health And Nutrition, and Government Engagement): a Randomised Controlled Trial to accelerate healthy food retail in local government settings1 Sep 2022 - 30 Nov 2027People funded by this grant:
- Blake M,
- Cameron A,
- Peeters A,
- Ananthapavan J,
- Romaniuk H
- GRANTHealthy and sustainable cities: tool for assessing local government food policy25 Jun 2021 - 28 Feb 2023People funded by this grant:
- Sacks G,
- Cameron A,
- Blake M,
- Reeve B,
- Allender S
- GRANTTowards harmonized indicators for measuring progress on creating healthy and sustainable food systems1 May 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Vandevijvere S,
- Swinburn B,
- Sacks G,
- Mackay S,
- Batis C
- GRANTFood and beverage price promotions: An untapped policy target1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Backholer K,
- Cameron A,
- Sacks G,
- Peeters A
- GRANTFood swamps, deserts or swampy deserts? Do regional Victorian children have access to healthy food retail? Does this influence weight status, dietary intake and wellbeing1 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Strugnell C,
- Needham C,
- Orellana L,
- Allender S,
- Blake M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDeveloping a research agenda to support improvement in urban food retail environments in LMICs from the Asia Pacific Region.13 Nov 2020 - 4 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Cameron A,
- Sacks G,
- Marshall J,
- Huse O,
- Blake M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHQueensland Health and TAPPC rapid review: healthy eating and physical activity.3 Jul 2019 - 30 Aug 2019People funded by this grant:
- Sacks G,
- Peeters A,
- Cameron A,
- Backholer K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEffectiveness of health promotion interventions delivered by local councils for healthy eating, physical activity, alcohol harm prevention and smoking cessation.7 Jun 2019 - 22 Oct 2019People funded by this grant:
- Peeters A,
- Backholer K,
- Bennett C,
- Strugnell C,
- Sacks G
- GRANTInternational food policy study: Evaluating the impact of food labelling, marketing, and fiscal nutrition policies1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hammond D,
- Adams J,
- Barquera S,
- Bhawra J,
- Cameron A
- FELLOWSHIPPolicies for obesity prevention: generating the evidence and increasing accountability for action1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2023People funded by this grant:
- Gary Sacks
- GRANTA Center of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH)1 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2023People funded by this grant:
- Peeters A,
- Brimblecombe J,
- Allender S,
- Cameron A,
- Lee A
- GRANTBP3: Diet and chronic disease prevention: supporting implementation of priority actions in the food and nutrition system (Boosting Prevention Project via the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre)1 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Lee A,
- Friel S,
- Sacks G,
- Peeters A