Community leaders
Our community leaders are recognised international experts with extensive knowledge and global networks in the interdisciplinary fields of health, wellbeing , design and the built environment. Their role is to engage their specialist networks to support the development of unique and relevant content and community within the SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange.
Victoria Jones
Arts Health Consultant at Arts Health Associates
I am international arts health consultant with extensive experience in the UK and Australia; founder of multiple award winning hospital art programmes GO Create! GOSH, London and ARCH, Royal Children's, Melbourne. I have experience of large scale art & design commissioning within wide variety of healthcare settings, new builds and refurbishments. I now lead international arts health consultancy Arts Health Associates, a panel judge for the EHD awards and senior associate of SALUS.
Katy Cooper
Freelance writer and consultant
I am a consultant and writer with particular expertise in preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through addressing the lifestyle risk factors of poor diet, physical inactivity and smoking. Now freelance, until the end of 2016 I was assistant director of C3 Collaborating for Health. I am most interested in the impact of the environment on health, notably the links between unhealthy lifestyles and climate change.
ERIN SHARP NEWTON
Director, Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health, USA
Erin Sharp Newton, M. Arch serves as the current Director of UDMH, and has been a Fellow since 2016. She also serves the Journal as a Section Editor.
“As a Creative Director for many years traveling between the US and Europe, Erin’s exposure and experience spans all areas of design: architecture to industrial design, technology to fine arts, public to private. This rich background has provided a unique context, enabling critical solutions balanced with imagination in the design process. Erin approaches all projects with a sharp, humanistic approach that balances evidence-based design with innovation.” - AIA NJ
Additional roles include: 2024 President, AIA CNJ.org | AIA NJ Equity In Architecture Committee | Former Co-Chair of the AIA NJ WIA Women in Architecture Committee | Vice-Chair for the Department of Health & Human Services Local Advisory Committee on Drugs & Alcohol | NJ Biz "50 Best Women in Business" Award. Other former service includes: Vice-President for a local Outpatient Program for Addictions, Board Member on the Morristown Mayor's Wellness Committee, and recognition by the Charter High School of Architecture and Design for outreach with the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia.
“As a Creative Director for many years traveling between the US and Europe, Erin’s exposure and experience spans all areas of design: architecture to industrial design, technology to fine arts, public to private. This rich background has provided a unique context, enabling critical solutions balanced with imagination in the design process. Erin approaches all projects with a sharp, humanistic approach that balances evidence-based design with innovation.” - AIA NJ
Additional roles include: 2024 President, AIA CNJ.org | AIA NJ Equity In Architecture Committee | Former Co-Chair of the AIA NJ WIA Women in Architecture Committee | Vice-Chair for the Department of Health & Human Services Local Advisory Committee on Drugs & Alcohol | NJ Biz "50 Best Women in Business" Award. Other former service includes: Vice-President for a local Outpatient Program for Addictions, Board Member on the Morristown Mayor's Wellness Committee, and recognition by the Charter High School of Architecture and Design for outreach with the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia.