Moira Junge

CEO, Sleep Health Foundation

Dr Moira Junge is a Health Psychologist and was the inaugural CEO of the Sleep Health Foundation (SHF) and still acts as a spokesperson as their Chief Health Officer. She has a doctorate in health psychology and is a board approved supervisor for psychologists. She also sits on the Health Advisory Board at Healthylife and on the board of Victoria Walks. Moira has over thirty years’ experience in the healthcare sector. As a Health Psychologist she has focused on health challenges and health behaviour change at an individual and population level so it was a natural transition for Moira to move across from the clinical setting to the health promotion and community advocacy setting. She firmly believes that prevention is better than cure and the Foundation is well-equipped to help with the translation and implementation of research The aim of the SHF is to reach people before chronic challenges set in. This is what underpins her advocacy and education work in the community, especially within the workplace.