NSW Health

Jeff Standen is the Manager of the NSW Health Aboriginal Environmental Health Unit and Chair of the national Expert Reference Panel on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health. Jeff has been working in the field of environmental health for the past 30 years, most of that time with Aboriginal communities predominantly in NSW and the NT. He has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Health) from the University of Western Sydney and a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney. He is currently responsible for the development of evidence-based environmental health policy and programs in Aboriginal communities in NSW, including the Housing for Health program, the Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program and the Aboriginal Communities Water and Sewerage Program.