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Alex Voukelatos

Alex is a PhD candidate, holds a MA (Psychology), as well as a BA and BSc, and is currently a research and evaluation officer with the Health Promotion Unit at Central Sydney Area Health Service. he is also a casual tutor in the School of Public Health, University of Sydney Graduate Medical Program. Alex's primary areas of interest are injury prevention and mental health.

Chris Rissel

Chris (PhD, MPH, BSc) is Director of the Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service and Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health at Sydney University. he has research interests in active transport, injury prevention, and physical activity.

Fiona Campbell

Fiona Campbell (BA) has been active in bicycle, pedestrian and road safety advocacy, motivatedby the poor conditions in Sydney for those who want to use bikes for transport. She is Vice President of the Bicycle Federation of Australia and their representative on the Australian Bicycle Council. She is also a director of the Pedestrian Council of Australia, a member of the Australian

College of Road Safety and a member of the Marrickville-South Sydney Bicycle Users Group.

CONTACT

Dr Chris Rissel

Director, CSAHS Health Promotion Unit

Level 4, Queen Mary Building

Grose Street

Camperdown NSW 2050

Fax: (02) 9515-3351

Email: criss@email.cs.nsw.gov.au