Dr Greg Jackson

Dr Greg Jackson is the Director of the Water Unit in the Health Protection and Regulation Branch, Queensland Public Health and Scientific Services, within the Queensland Department of Health. He has accountabilities for health policy, regulation, health risk assessment, technical guidance and major incident response for drinking water, recycled water, recreational waters and public aquatic facilities in Queensland. He also manages the Queensland Water Fluoridation Program and leads the Queensland Government’s response to risks from Legionella, and other hazards, in the water systems of hospitals and residential aged care.

Greg is a member of the Recreational Water Quality Advisory Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council, a member of the Water Quality Expert Reference Panel of the Australian Environmental Health Standing Committee and is also a member of the Scientific Planning Committee for QAEHS, where he also holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor.

Greg greatly values his relationship with QAEHS, as it gives him (and his colleagues in health protection) opportunities, as a Partner Investigator, to participate in innovative research projects as well as providing access to world class expertise in environmental health science. Queensland Health’s partnership with UQ, through QAEHS, is of exceptional value to the Department and will continue to play a role in keeping Queenslanders healthy.