John Wiggers

Professor Wiggers is the Director, Health Research and Translation and Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, responsible for enhancing health service research and research translation by health service providers and the provision of Population Health services.

In his Health Research and Translation role Professor Wiggers is responsible for building the systems and processes within the Hunter New England Local Health District to enhance the conduct of health services research and the translation of research findings for the benefit of patients and clients.

In his Population Health service delivery role Professor Wiggers is a health services researcher and practitioner with a focus on the prevention of obesity, smoking and alcohol-related harms, and the promotion of physical activity and healthy nutrition. This work has a primary focus on identifying strategies to increase the delivery of care addressing such risks by health care and other professionals as part of routine service delivery.