Arnagretta Hunter

Dr Arnagretta Hunter is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU) within the College of Health and Medicine. She is a practising physician and cardiologist with formal appointments at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) and the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions (ICEDS). She also chairs the Commission for the Human Future and serves as the inaugural Human Futures Fellow in her College.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Sydney
• Medical training at St Vincent’s Hospital NSW and St Vincent’s Hospital VIC

Research Focus

Dr Hunter’s research integrates clinical cardiology with public policy, concentrating on the social determinants of health and preventative cardiology. She is particularly interested in how public policy shapes health outcomes and how climate change impacts human health. Her work explores solutions that arise from improving healthcare structures and systems, and she has a broad interest in policy issues ranging from local hospital governance to global environmental challenges.

Recent Research Trends

Her 2024 publications emphasise climate change literacy in medical curricula, reflecting a commitment to embedding environmental health within medical education. Podcasts and policy contributions further demonstrate her focus on translating evidence into actionable policy for healthier communities.

Honours & Fellowships

• 2019 Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship
• Inaugural Human Futures Fellow, ANU College of Health and Medicine

Grants & Leadership

• Principal Investigator: Environment and Climate Change in the Health of Regional Australia (ECCHRA) (2022)
• Co-Investigator: Environment-health linkages for healthy rivers, Country and people (2020–2023)
• Former Director of Physician Training, Wagga Wagga

Laboratories & Teams

Dr Hunter collaborates within several ANU research groups including Extreme Events and Future Scenarios, Health, and Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience, working alongside interdisciplinary colleagues to advance evidence-based solutions for population health and climate resilience.