Julie Leask
| Julie Leask | |
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| 👔 Employer | University of Sydney |
| Known for | Vaccine research |
| Title | Professor |
Julie Leask or Julie-Anne Leask is an Australian social scientist and vaccine advocate, and a professor of social sciences with an interest in public health, particularly in the areas of vaccination policy and improving risk communication in public and clinical settings.[1] Leask holds academic roles including professor at the Sydney University Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, adjunct professor at the Sydney University School of Public Health and visiting fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.[2] She is also a Chair adviser to the World Health Organization on behavioural and social drivers of vaccination.[3][4]
Education & career
Leask graduated with a Diploma in Health Science (Nursing), 1990, from the University of Technology Sydney, followed by a Certificate of Midwifery Theory and Practice, 1992 from the Northern Sydney Area Midwifery School.[2][5] She also has a Master of Public Health (1998, University of Sydney)[2][5] and PhD in public health (2002, University of Sydney).[6] Her experience in vaccine hesitancy was recognized during the Covid pandemic. Leask is chair of a World Health Organisation (WHO) Working Group which researches behavioural and social drivers of vaccination, and influences global strategies. Leask also co-wrote the communications from the WHO’s COVID vaccine safety plan.[7]
Leadership and media in Covid response
Leask's experience and research history in the response to vaccination uptake during the Covid pandemic led to her expertise being sought after in the media,[8] [9] in response to vaccine mandates and their withdrawal [10] [11] [12] She provided advice to, in vaccine mandates, in Victorian policy, commenting on the need for informing the public about mandates, and public transparency in providing public health information.
"...there may be legitimate reasons to keep the mandate in place in Victoria, but that Foley needed to explain his decision" “The coercion would have done its work by now, if it was going to. I don’t think continuing the mandate will achieve any high vaccination rate because it would have done that already. It would have got the people it was going to motivate over the line already.”[13]
Leask convened a Round Table on vaccination uptake rates, to investigate why rates were low among certain groups. [14]
Awards and honors
- 2019 - Overall winner and also Global category winner of the Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence awards in recognition of her pioneering work in improving vaccination rates both in Australia as well as on a global level.[15][16]
- 2019 - Vice-chancellor’s Award for Excellence – Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation, Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation.
- 2018 - Art in Science Competition Westmead Research Hub. Winning video category
- 2015 - Public Health Impact Award, PHAA NSW, 2015
- 2015 - Sax Institute Research Action Award, 2015 (inaugural)
- 2013-2017 - National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship, 2013–2017
External links
References
- ↑ "Expert - Julie Leask | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ "Expert – Julie Leask". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ "It's not just vaccine refusers who might not get the COVID-19 vaccination". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Julie Leask". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ Leask, J (2002-01-01). Understanding Immunisation Controversies (PhD thesis).
- ↑ "NHMRC Leadership".
- ↑ "Julie Leask". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ Carroll, Lucy (2022-05-06). "Pharmacies brought in to vaccinate 80,000 teens who missed school jabs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ Dow, Rachel Eddie, Aisha (2022-04-21). "'We're left to speculate': Minister asked to explain vaccination decision". The Age. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ Cunningham, Melissa (2022-06-07). "COVID vaccine anxiety triggered mass dash to emergency room". The Age. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ "'Party's over' as Australia hits vaccine ceiling". Australian Financial Review. 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/we-re-left-to-speculate-minister-asked-to-explain-vaccination-decision-20220421-p5af0c.html
- ↑ "Expert panel to address Australia's lagging Covid vaccination rates in children 5-11". the Guardian. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ "Topic | Women of Influence". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ "Pacific Health Security". Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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