Rate My Professor Helen Jordan

Associate Professor Helen Jordan, PhD, BSc(Hons), GDEpi&Biostat, DipEd, is a public health educator and researcher at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne. She specialises in public health planning, health program evaluation, and health policy. Jordan leads the Evidence Informed Policy theme in the Centre for Health Policy, serves as Academic Lead for the Master of Public Health (Evaluation and Implementation Science), and teaches across various MPH subjects. She coordinates the Environment and Public Health specialisation and was previously MPH Program Director. In recognition of her excellence in learning and teaching, she received the Dean's Fellowship for Learning and Teaching Excellence from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

Her research interests include evidence-informed policy and practice, evaluation of complex interventions, health impact assessment, and health in all policies. Jordan has led evaluations of major health promotion programs, including the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation’s Walking School Bus and the Victorian Department of Health’s Talking Positive Fathers programs. She has conducted commissioned research for government agencies and NGOs on alcohol policy, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, and health impacts of climate change. Notable publications encompass 'How does the subjective well-being of Australian adults with a congenital corpus callosum disorder compare with that of the general Australian population?' (2024), 'Ensuring best practice in genomics education: A theory- and empirically informed evaluation framework' (2024), 'Upstream and downstream explanations of the harms of ultra-processed foods in national dietary guidelines' (2021), 'Creating "an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection": students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College' (2023), 'An integrated framework to guide evidence-informed public health policymaking' (2024), and 'Work-integrated learning and skill development in a Master of Public Health program – graduate perspectives' (2020). Her contributions advance public health evaluation and policy implementation.