Professor Fay Johnston is public health physician and environmental epidemiologist with world leading expertise in the impacts of air quality on human health. Fay heads the environmental health research group at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. She is also a senior Specialist Medical Advisor for the Tasmanian Department of Health and leads the Centre for Safe Air. 

Recognised as a global leader in fire science in 2018, she has won numerous awards for her contributions to research, policy and practice, including the Public Health Association of Australia Tony McMichael Award and Air Quality Champion of year from the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand.