Dr Julie Leask
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Senior Lecturer
C29 - Children's Hospital Westmead |
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Biographical details
Dr Julie Leask is a senior research fellow and manager of social research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance. She is also senior lecturer (conjoint) appointment with the Sydney Medical School and formerly visiting research fellow, University of Leeds. [More...]
Research interests
Julie's research interests include immunisation controversies, psychological and sociological aspects of infectious diseases, risk communication, and the mass media.
You can follow Julie on Twitter @JulieLeask
Teaching areas
Julie teaches in an elective course on Health Communication run by the School of Psychology and the Vaccines in Public Health which is run by the National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance which is run out of the School of Public Health.
She is also primary supervisor for 3 PhD and 2 Masters candidates and one profressional trainee.
Current national competitive grants*
2008
Social, Economic and Health benefits of vacciniating Children in day care centres against influenza
Booy R, Leask J, Sloots T, Lambert S
ARC Linkage Projects ($594,266 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
United Kingdom. (University of Leeds) International Program Development Fund grant to study under-immunisation in disadvantaged children..
United Kingdom. (University of York, University College London, Cardiff University and Glasgow Calledonian University) A framework for communicating vaccine risk with parents in primary care settings..
United Kingdom. (University of Leeds) Evaluation of a decision aid to assist parental decisions about MMR vaccination.
New Zealand. (University of Auckland and Immunization Advisory Centre) International Program Development Fund grant to study under-immunisation in disadvantaged children..
United Kingdom. (London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine; Imperial College London, Harvard School of Public Health) Member MOTIV Think Tank: Motors of Trust in Vaccination.
United Kingdom. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Advisory committee: Monitoring trust in vaccination project..
Global. (Decade of Vaccines Collaboration) Advisor, Research and Development Working Group.
