Brian Oldenburg

Brian Oldenburg is the Professor of Public Health and Implementation Science at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the Director the Academic Research Collaboration in Health (ARCH) at Alfred Hospital, a top university teaching hospital in Melbourne. He is Director of Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s Centre of Research Excellence in Digital Technology to Transform Australia’s Chronic Disease Outcomes. He specialises in changing health behaviours, and the primary and secondary prevention of chronic conditions, including diabetes and heart disease. He has pioneered many technology platforms and digital health solutions to improve chronic disease outcomes in Australia and internationally. He is also a global expert in implementation research. Professor Oldenburg’s research has been continuously funded for more than 40 years. He has published more than 90 papers in the last five years in top ranking journals in public health, clinical medicine, epidemiology and digital health.