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The Students As Life Style Activists (SALSA) program is a peer-led leadership program designed to motivate students to increase physical activity and improve diet.
If you want to help make a difference by motivating and inspiring high school students to eat healthy and be active, sign up to become a SALSA Educator.
As an Educator, you will:
- Empower adolescents to improve their health
- Enhance your teaching and communication skills
- Learn to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Gain knowledge about health and wellbeing
- Turn your learning into practice
- Build up your CV
- Have fun!
Celebrating our SALSA Educators (university students)
SALSA Voices Action Day, 22nd November 2022
We are so proud to share some photos of Professor Professor Smita Shah OAM receiving her Medal of Order of Australia (OAM) at the award ceremony on Thursday evening. Smita is based at Westmead Hospital, working as a fulltime Community Physician and the Director of the Prevention Education and Research Unit. She has received this award in recognition of her work in community health; with a particular focus on health concerns for young people relating to asthma, e-cigarettes and drug use.
Congratulations, Smita!
