Rate My Professor Katherine Cullerton

Cullerton's research specializations encompass nutrition policy, commercial determinants of health, public health advocacy, conflicts of interest, and social network analysis. She investigates why evidence frequently fails to shape public policy, corporate strategies for policy influence, and effective advocacy techniques involving framing and public opinion. Notable publications include "Using political science to progress public health nutrition: a systematic review" (Public Health Nutrition, 2016), "Playing the policy game: a review of the barriers to and enablers of nutrition policy change" (Public Health Nutrition, 2018), "Understanding and managing corporate conflicts of interest" (chapter in The Commercial Determinants of Health, 2023), "Inside a corporate affairs conference: the race for a social license" (Frontiers in Communication, 2024), and "Mapping the lobbying footprint of harmful industries: 23 years of data from OpenSecrets" (The Milbank Quarterly, 2024). She has contributed to major grants such as the ARC Discovery Project "Revolving door lobbyists: harmful industry & public interest policymaking" (2026-2030), NHMRC Targeted Research on improving healthy food affordability in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (2020-2025), and a co-designed framework for health equity in remote community stores (2024-2027). Her scholarship advances knowledge on regulating industry impacts in health policymaking.