Dr Jo Clarkson’s early training was in medical research and she has more than 25 years of experience in the health sector with an emphasis on health promotion. She gained her Masters in Health Education and Health Promotion in 1992 from the University of Wales. Before moving to Western Australia in 1996, Dr Clarkson was an evaluation specialist and programme manager with the “Heartbeat Wales” program, which was the first community-based heart disease prevention programme in the UK. Before joining Healthway, she was a senior consultant and then director of the Health Promotion Evaluation Unit at The University of Western Australia. As director of health promotion, Dr Clarkson leads the health promotion division at Healthway which has responsibility for grants, research, health promotion and evaluation support for the sponsorship program, and strategic health promotion advice across the organisation.
