Penny Hill

Penny Hill, PhD, is an experienced professional in public health and harm reduction, currently serving as an Adjunct Fellow and the Prompt Response Network Lead at the National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs. Penny has been actively involved with the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs as Deputy Secretary and Chair of the Asia-Pacific Working Group since March 2019. As a Mobile NSP Outreach Worker with healthAbility, Penny provides essential services to injecting drug users, including sterile equipment and overdose training. Additionally, Penny holds leadership roles as Vice President of Harm Reduction Victoria, Board Member of Harm Reduction Australia, and CND Blogger for the International Drug Policy Consortium. Academic involvement includes positions as Adjunct Fellow at UNSW and University Associate at Curtin University, alongside a notable research background as a PhD candidate at Burnet Institute focusing on opioid overdose incidence. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Public Health from Monash University and various advanced degrees related to public health and community services.