Katherine Cullerton
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Associate Professor
Katherine Cullerton
Email: : k.cullerton@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 64619
Positions
Associate Professor : School of Public Health : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Background
Katherine Cullerton is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health. She joined the School in 2018 following postdoctoral research at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, UK, where her work explored the question of whether, and under what circumstances, it is appropriate for nutrition researchers to engage with the food industry. Katherine’s current research focuses on understanding why evidence does not consistently inform public policy. In particular, she examines the strategies employed by the corporate sector to influence policy and investigates how public health advocates can more effectively shape policy outcomes in Australia, with a special emphasis on the roles of framing and public opinion.
A/Prof Cullerton is also the academic lead for external engagement for the School of Public Health.
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Availability
Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton is: : Available for supervision : Media expert
Fields of research
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Health policy Human Society Nutrition and dietetics Policy and administration Public health nutrition Public policy
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research interests
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Nutrition policy
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All (78) Journal Article (70) Other Outputs (2) Conference Publication (4) Book Chapter (2)
2025
Journal Article
Google Search Interest versus Self-Report Surveys: Examining Predictors of Gambling Expenditure in Australia
Ilicic, Jasmina, Brennan, Stacey and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). Google Search Interest versus Self-Report Surveys: Examining Predictors of Gambling Expenditure in Australia. Australasian Marketing Journal 14413582251389229. doi: 10.1177/14413582251389229
2025
Journal Article
Commercial Influences on Healthy Transport: Interest Group Engagement With Transport Ministers in Aotearoa/New Zealand 2017–2022
Shaw, Caroline, Gage, Ryan, Miller, Alice, Cullerton, Katherine and Macmillan, Alex (2025). Commercial Influences on Healthy Transport: Interest Group Engagement With Transport Ministers in Aotearoa/New Zealand 2017–2022. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37 (1) e70140, e70140. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70140
2025
Journal Article
Public narratives about food security policies for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Russell, Cherie, Herron, Lisa-Maree, Ferguson, Megan, Deen, Caroline, Stubbs, Emma, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Thompson, Kani, Brimblecombe, Julie, Lee, Amanda, Chan, Ellie, Tonkin, Emma, Kleve, Sue, Chappell, Emma and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). Public narratives about food security policies for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (4) e70102, e70102. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70102
2025
Conference Publication
In what ways do governments influence the public health research process? A scoping review
Senior, Helen, Waller, Michael, Teimouri, Navid, Capewell, Simon and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). In what ways do governments influence the public health research process? A scoping review. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Bradford, United Kingdom, 10-12 September 2025. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2025-ssmabstracts.109
In what ways do governments influence the public health research process? A scoping review
2025
Conference Publication
When academics and government collaborate to produce policy-relevant evidence: it isn’t all about politics
Senior, Helen, Waller, Michael, Capewell, Simon and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). When academics and government collaborate to produce policy-relevant evidence: it isn’t all about politics. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Bradford, United Kingdom, 10-12 September 2025. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2025-ssmabstracts.110
2025
Journal Article
Lobbying in the Shadows: A Comparative Analysis of Government Lobbyist Registers
LACY‐NICHOLS, JENNIFER, BARADAR, HEDEEYEH, CROSBIE, ERIC and CULLERTON, KATHERINE (2025). Lobbying in the Shadows: A Comparative Analysis of Government Lobbyist Registers. The Milbank Quarterly, 103 (3), 857-882. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.70033
Lobbying in the Shadows: A Comparative Analysis of Government Lobbyist Registers
2025
Journal Article
How governments influence public health research: a scoping review
Senior, Helen Jane, Teimouri, Navid, Waller, Michael, Capewell, Simon and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). How governments influence public health research: a scoping review. Health Promotion International, 40 (4) daaf097, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf097
How governments influence public health research: a scoping review
2025
Journal Article
What policy support do smallholders in high-income countries need to contribute to healthy, sustainable food systems? A scoping review
Gill, Kerri-Anne, Teimouri, Navid, Bogard, Jessica and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). What policy support do smallholders in high-income countries need to contribute to healthy, sustainable food systems? A scoping review. Global Food Security, 44 100839, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100839
2025
Journal Article
From ethical consumers to collective action: advancing healthy and sustainable food systems
Freeman, Camille, Smith, Kiah and Cullerton, Katherine (2025). From ethical consumers to collective action: advancing healthy and sustainable food systems. Health Sociology Review, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2025.2594616
From ethical consumers to collective action: advancing healthy and sustainable food systems
2024
Journal Article
Political considerations when monitoring the commercial determinants of health; comment on "National public health surveillance of corporations in key unhealthy commodity industries – a scoping review and framework synthesis"
Lacy-Nichols, Jennifer, Jones, Alexandra and Cullerton, Katherine (2024). Political considerations when monitoring the commercial determinants of health; comment on "National public health surveillance of corporations in key unhealthy commodity industries – a scoping review and framework synthesis". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 13 8777, 1-4. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.8777
2024
Journal Article
Lobbying in the sunlight: a scoping review of frameworks to measure the accessibility of lobbying disclosures
Lacy-Nichols, Jennifer, Baradar, Hedeeyeh, Crosbie, Eric and Cullerton, Katherine (2024). Lobbying in the sunlight: a scoping review of frameworks to measure the accessibility of lobbying disclosures. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 13 8497. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.8497
2024
Journal Article
Governance of the wildlife trade and the prevention of emerging zoonoses: a mixed methods network analysis of transnational organisations, silos, and power dynamics
Clifford Astbury, Chloe, Demeshko, Anastassia, Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo, McLeod, Ryan, Wiktorowicz, Mary, Aenishaenslin, Cécile, Cullerton, Katherine, Lee, Kirsten M., Ruckert, Arne, Viens, A. M., Tsasis, Peter and Penney, Tarra L. (2024). Governance of the wildlife trade and the prevention of emerging zoonoses: a mixed methods network analysis of transnational organisations, silos, and power dynamics. Globalization and Health, 20 (1) 49, 49. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01055-7
2024
Journal Article
The role of corruption in global food systems: a systematic scoping review
Demeshko, Anastassia, Clifford Astbury, Chloe, Lee, Kirsten M., Clarke, Janielle, Cullerton, Katherine and Penney, Tarra L. (2024). The role of corruption in global food systems: a systematic scoping review. Globalization and Health, 20 (1) 48, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01054-8
The role of corruption in global food systems: a systematic scoping review
2024
Journal Article
Inside a corporate affairs conference: the race for a social license
Cullerton, Katherine and Patay, Dori (2024). Inside a corporate affairs conference: the race for a social license. Frontiers in Communication, 9 1419959, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1419959
Inside a corporate affairs conference: the race for a social license
2024
Journal Article
An analysis of the features of successful written submissions to government inquiries
Delaine, Adam, Ferguson, Megan, Bacon, Rachel and Cullerton, Katherine (2024). An analysis of the features of successful written submissions to government inquiries. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48 (2) 100133, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100133
An analysis of the features of successful written submissions to government inquiries
2024
Journal Article
Mapping the lobbying footprint of harmful industries: 23 years of data from OpenSecrets
Chung, Holly, Cullerton, Katherine and Lacy-Nichols, Jennifer (2024). Mapping the lobbying footprint of harmful industries: 23 years of data from OpenSecrets. The Milbank Quarterly, 102 (1), 212-232. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12686
Mapping the lobbying footprint of harmful industries: 23 years of data from OpenSecrets
2024
Journal Article
Legal and regulatory instruments for NCD prevention: a scoping review and descriptive analysis of evaluations in OECD countries
Heenan, Maddie, Hart, Ashleigh Chanel, Cullerton, Katherine, Jan, Stephen and Shanthosh, Janani (2024). Legal and regulatory instruments for NCD prevention: a scoping review and descriptive analysis of evaluations in OECD countries. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 641, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18053-4
2024
Book Chapter
Food and farming
Gill, Kerri-Anne and Cullerton, Katherine (2024). Food and farming. Political determinants of health in Australia: a planetary perspective. (pp. 129-147) edited by Marguerite C. Sendall, Allyson Mutch and Lisa Fitzgerald. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003315490-11
2024
Journal Article
Effect of message framing on support for a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Australia: a cross-sectional survey analysis
Cullerton, Katherine, Demeshko, Anastassia and Waller, Michael (2024). Effect of message framing on support for a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Australia: a cross-sectional survey analysis. Health Promotion International, 39 (1) daad193, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daad193
2024
Journal Article
Avoiding conflicts of interest and reputational risks associated with population research on food and nutrition: the Food Research risK (FoRK) guidance and toolkit for researchers
Cullerton, Katherine, Adams, Jean, Forouhi, Nita G, Francis, Oliver and White, Martin (2024). Avoiding conflicts of interest and reputational risks associated with population research on food and nutrition: the Food Research risK (FoRK) guidance and toolkit for researchers. BMJ, 384 e077908, e077908. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-077908
Current funding
- 2026 - 2030
Revolving door lobbyists: harmful industry & public interest policymaking (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Melbourne)
University of Melbourne
Open grant - 2024 - 2027
A co-designed framework to drive action to promote health and equity in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community stores
NHMRC Targeted Research
Past funding
- 2022 - 2023
Investigating the Corporate Affairs Summit
Australian Prevention Partnership Centre Administered by The Sax Institute
Open grant - 2021 - 2025
Understanding engagement to regulate the commercial determinants of health (ARC Linkage Project administered by The Australian National University)
Australian National University
Open grant - 2021 - 2024
Understanding message framing and public attitudes to nutrition policy action targeting children
The Children's Hospital Foundation
Open grant - 2020 - 2025
Giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children the best start in life: improving healthy food affordability and food security in remote Australia
NHMRC Targeted Research
Open grant - 2019
The consideration and development of a fit for purpose definition for Discretionary Foods and Drinks (NHMRC Commonwealth Contract - Services)
NHMRC Other Strategic Funding Initiatives
Availability
Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Strategies of influence used by the meat industry to impact policy making decisions in Australia and the European Union
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adam Hannah - Doctor Philosophy
##### Barriers and enablers of family farmers' contribution to Australian population nutrition
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Power imbalances in commissioned global public health research
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Waller - Doctor Philosophy
##### Commercial determinants of the arms Industry and implications for global public health
Principal Advisor
Completed supervision
- 2026
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kiah Smith - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sheleigh Lawler
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton directly for media enquiries about:
- advocacy
- conflict of interest
- health policy
- influence of food industry
- nutrition policy
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