Professor Julie Leask
Professor
Julie Leask AO is a social scientist and professor in the Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, where she co-leads the Social and Behavioural Insights in Immunisation (SABII) research group. Her research focuses on social and behavioural aspects of vaccination and prevention of infectious diseases. She is a member of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID), affiliate of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and visiting professorial fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. She currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Leadership Fellowship.
Her research focuses on vaccine uptake, communication, strengthening vaccination programs and policy. She has qualifications in nursing and midwifery, a Master of Public Health (USYD, 1998) and PhD in public health (USYD, 2002). She was the overall and global category winner of the Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards in 2019 and was made Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division in 2024.
