The Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) would like to congratulate Emeritus Professor Colin William BINNS for being conferred the Officer of the Order of Australia in conjunction with the Queen’s 2021 Birthday.
Professor Binns was honoured for his remarkable services to medical research, tertiary education, public health policy and human nutrition. He has had a major interest in public health nutrition and has been instrumental in the development of every set of dietary guidelines in Australia since 1979, including for infants, children, adults and older Australians. He has also been at the forefront of research and policy around breastfeeding and his international research on the topic has been published across more than 620 academic papers, books and chapters in books. For his contribution to nutrition and public health, he was also awarded Senior Australian of the Year (Western Australia) in 2004.
Professor Binns has been a key figure in APACPH and has been an inspiration for its members throughout the regions. He is the current Editor in Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health (APJPH) and is the Curtin University’s Emeritus John Curtin Distinguished Professor.
