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Associate Professor Ann Borda is an academic in the Department of Health and Society, Melbourne School of Public Health (MSPH) at the University of Melbourne. She is also an Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London. Her research interests focus on emerging models of participatory science, digital health and environmental health policy, citizen science, AI and responsible innovation in sustainability and wellbeing systems. Ann has held directorial positions in government-funded data-intensive research and innovation initiatives. She was CEO of the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing, and Executive Director of the state funded VeRSI consortium – a $11m innovation seed program established under the Healthy Futures’ agenda and partnered with The University of Melbourne and state-based and national research organisations. Ann is a former Trustee (Awesome Foundation) and supported the Climate and Health Alliance in a major national consultation framework for climate, health and well-being in Australia.
She also maintains interests in advancing digital heritage and regenerative futures and pursues research as an Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London and as Associate of the Climate Museum UK.