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Professor Anthony Capon BMedSc, MBBS, PhD (Qld), FAFPHM Current Position: Visiting Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 (0) 418 416 569 F: +61 2 6125 0740 E: tony.capon@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• •  Sustainability and population health
• •  Systems understanding of urban environments and health
• •  Diseases of modern civilisation
• •  Research-policy-industry-community nexus

Selected Recent Publications

Capon AG . Community and political literacy regarding urban sustainability and population health. Journal of Urban Health 2005; 82: ii39.

Capon AG , Dixon JM . Creating healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities. NSW Public Health Bull 2007; 18: 37-40. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB07065.htm

Capon AG , Blakely EJ. Checklist for healthy and sustainable communities. NSW Public Health Bull 2007; 18: 51-54. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB07066.htm

Capon AG . Health impacts of urban development: key considerations. NSW Public Health Bull 2007; 18: 155-156. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB07087.htm

Dixon JM , Capon AG. Healthy, just and eco-sensitive cities: moving forward. NSW Public Health Bull 2007; 18: 209-212. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB07026.htm

Capon AG . The way we live in our cities. MJA 2007; 187: 658-661. http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_11_031207/cap11053_fm.html

International Activities

  International Society for Urban Health http://www.isuh.org/

Tony is Member at Large on the Executive Board for a two year term: 2008-2009.

Oxford Health Alliance http://www.oxha.org/

Tony leads OxHA's international healthy environments initiative.

Copenhagen Agenda for Sustainable Cities http://mm.dk/filer/10principles.pdf

Tony brings a human health perspective to this intersectoral collaboration.

International Council for Science http://www.icsu.org/index.php

Tony is a member of the planning group for ICSU's initiative on systems approaches to health and wellbeing in a changing urban environment.