Dr Robyn Littlewood
Dr Robyn Littlewood is Queensland’s prevention and public health expert dedicated to creating a healthier and fairer Queensland. An experienced leader, researcher, clinician, academic and educator, Dr Littlewood is an advocate for strong public health policy with more than 25 years of experience working with patients and families in clinical prevention and treatment of chronic disease, and research.
Dr Littlewood has contributed to the evidence base of paediatric healthcare with >100 publications, and trained hundreds of students throughout 20 years of frontline service.
Dr Littlewood believes every Queenslander has the right to better health. She works relentlessly to achieve this using a systems-based approach, research and data to leverage $46 million in funding through partnerships in her first term at HWQld.
Dr Littlewood holds a raft of formal qualifications including a Bachelor of Science, Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership, a Master of Medical Science and PhD from The University of Queensland (UQ), a Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a Master of Business Administration from James Cook University.
She also holds three Adjunct Professor appointments with UQ, QUT and Griffith University and is a Fellow of Dietitians Australia.
Dr Littlewood was the Outstanding Alumni Award Winner for QUT Faculty of Health in 2020 and in 2023, she was awarded the Barbara Chester Memorial Award by Dietitians Australia in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the dietetics profession in Queensland.