Stavroula Zandes has a background in psychology and counselling, and worked with Quit Victoria, the Cancer Council of Victoria, for 20 years in tobacco control.

During this time, her roles included training a range of health and community professionals, including dental professionals, to support their clients to quit. She has counselled smokers on the Quitline, and as a Quit Educator, has also run group sessions for smokers.

Stav has a strong understanding of behaviour change and health promotion principles. She has a deep passion for, and commitment to people’s health and wellbeing, and as a result in 2013, she founded Health & Wellbeing Training Consultants.

As part of her business, Stav provides practical, evidence-based sessions on a range of lifestyle topics, to educate, motivate, and encourage lifestyle changes that will help individuals improve their health and wellbeing.

She also currently lectures and tutors at Monash University in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She teaches ‘Communicating Health’ and ‘Health Program Planning’.

Stav has been involved in presentations throughout Australia and overseas in Kiribati, one of the South Pacific islands. She has also presented at the International Tobacco Control Conference in Washington DC, as well as the World Cancer Congress in Melbourne.