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Associate Professor Julie Leask

Qualifications

PhD Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney (2003)

Master of Public Health (distinction average), Department of Public Health and Community

Medicine, University of Sydney (1998)

Midwifery Certificate, Northern Sydney Area Midwifery School (1991)

Diploma in Applied Science (Nursing) University of Technology, Sydney (1990)

Current positions: Associate Professor and Sub-Dean (Early Career Researchers), School of Public Health,

University of Sydney 2013-

NHMRC Career Development Fellow 2012-2015

Senior Research Fellow, Social Sciences Unit and Academic Group Chair. National Centre for

Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), Sydney Australia 2002-

Chief Investigator D,NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence: Immunisation in Under Studied

and Special Risk Populations

Honorary appointments: Academic Associate, Centre for Values, Ethics and The Law in Medicine, University of Sydney

(2012-present)

Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds (2009-2010)

Address: School of Public Health

Edward Ford Building A27, room 311

University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Phone: (+61 2) 9845 1422

Facsimile: (+61 2) 9845 1418

Email: [email protected]

Past employment:

2012-2013 University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow. ―Improving communication

about vaccination through social science research‖ School of Public Health.

1999 –2002 PhD candidate, University of Sydney, Dept. Public Health

1999 –2001 Editorial Assistant, TOBACCO CONTROL (BMJ Specialist Journal)

1999 –2000 NHMRC Research Assistant, University of Sydney, Dept. Public Health

1997 Associate Lecturer (Epidemiology) University of Sydney Dept. Public Health

1994 –1996 Registered Midwife, founding health promotion program coordinator

Glen Mervyn, Young Women's Health Program, Australian Red Cross

Prior to 1994 Community nursing and midwifery – various roles.

mailto:[email protected]

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Competitive grant funds

1. Chief Investigator, International Program Development Fund. University of Sydney. A multi-

disciplinary international collaboration to improve communication about vaccination. Julie

Leask, Lyndal Trevena (SPH, USYD), Heidi Larson (London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine), Nick Sevdalis (Imperial College London), Cath Jackson (University of

York), Francine Cheater (Glasgow Caledonian University), Paul Kinnersley (Cardiff

University), $16,940, 2013-2015.

2. Chief investigator D, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence. Immunisation in under

studied and special risk populations: closing the gap in knowledge through a

multidisciplinary approach. Raina Macintyre, Peter McIntyre, Robert Booy, Julie Leask,

Nicholas Wood, Cheryl Jones, Robert Menzies. $2,499,969, 2012-2016.

3. Principal investigator, Financial Markets Foundation for Children, Protecting babies from the

effects of whooping cough and influenza: a study of maternal vaccination and an educational

intervention to improve uptake. 2010-2012, $117,068.

4. Principal investigator 2, ARC Linkage Grant: Social, Economic and Health Benefits of

Vaccinating Children in Day Care Centres against Influenza. $594,265, 2009-2011.

5. CIA, Collaboration to improve child health through social research. University of Sydney

International Program Development Fund, 2008-2009, $10,000.

6. CID, Cancer Council Project Grant. Evidence based decision tool for young women

considering cervical cancer prevention. Lyndal Trevena et al. 2008- $245,500

7. CIJ, Capacity Building Grant in Population Health: Building research capacity for health

interventions to improve Aboriginal Health, $2.5 million, Sandra Eades et al. 2008-2012.

Committees and other appointments

International

Workshop participant and presenter, The President‘s Cancer Panel on ―Achieving Widespread

HPV Vaccine Impact‖ Washington DC, 13 September 2012

Advisor to Research and Development Working Group, Decade of Vaccines Initiative.

(WHO, UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes for Allergy and

Infectious Diseases), 2011-2012

Member, International Think Tank Motivators of Trust in Vaccination, Sanofi Pasteur and

LSHTM, 2010

Panelist. Third stakeholder meeting of the committee on review of priorities in the National

Vaccine Plan. National Academy of Sciences, 2 February 2009

Advisory Group, Public Trust in Immunization Project, London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), 2010-2012

National

Private briefing for Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek. How to increase childhood

vaccination rates, 31 January 2013, Sydney.

Chair, Working Group on Supporting Our Future, School of Public Health, University of

Sydney; 2012-2013.

Advisor to National Health and Medical Research Council on addressing public concerns

about vaccination, October 2011.

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Member, Working Group, The Science of Immunisation Booklet, Australian Academy of

Science 2011- 2012

Risk Communication During Public Health Emergency Responses Advisory Group, NSW

Ministry of Health, 2011-

Co-author, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Immunisation Policy, 2011-2012

Member, Advisory Committee, HPV Vaccination in Schools, University of Sydney 2012-

Sydney Medical School‘s Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health theme committee 2011-

Organising committee, National Immunisation Conference 2008-2010

Publications H-index = 15

1. Wiley KE, Massey PD, Cooper Robbins SC, Wood N, Quinn HE, Leask J. Pregnant

women‘s intention to take up a post-partum pertussis vaccine, and their willingness to take

up the vaccine while pregnant: a cross sectional survey. Vaccine 2013;31:3972-8.

2. Yin JK, Salkeld G, Lambert SB, Dierig A, Heron L, Leask J, Chow MYK, Booy R.

Estimates and determinants of economic impacts from influenza-like illnesses caused by

respiratory viruses in Australian children attending childcare: a cohort study. Influenza Other

Respi Viruses. In press

3. Willaby H, Leask J. Exclusion of Unvaccinated Children from Child Care. Submission to

QLD Parliament, 15 July 2015.

4. Larson H, Leask J, Aggett S, Sevdalis N, Thomson A. A Multidisciplinary Research Agenda

for Understanding Vaccine-Related Decisions. Vaccines. 2013; 1(3):293-304.

5. Ward K, Hull B, Leask J. Financial incentives for immunisation in Australia, a unique but

changing Australian initiative. Med J Aust 2013; 198(11): 590-92.

6. Chow MY, Morrow A, Booy R, Leask J. Impact of children‘s influenza-like-illness on

parental quality of life: a qualitative study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013;

doi: 10.1111/jpc.12261

7. Wiley KE and Leask J. Respiratory vaccine uptake during pregnancy. The Lancet Respiratory

Medicine 2013;1:9-11

8. Kilham HA, Leask J. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians immunisation position

statement. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2013;49:427-31.

9. Wiley KE, Massey PD, Cooper SC, Wood NJ, Ho J, Quinn HE, Leask J. Uptake of influenza

vaccine by pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey. Med J Aust 2013;198:373-375

10. Crosbie C, Richters J, Hooker C and Leask J. Filthy fingernails and friendly germs: Lay

concepts of contagious disease transmission in developed countries. In: Banwell C, Ulijaszek

S and Dixon J. When Culture Impacts Health, 1st Edition. London: Elsevier; 2013

11. Chow MY, Morrow AM, Cooper Robbins SC, Leask J. Condition-specific quality of life

questionnaires for caregivers of children with pediatric conditions: a systematic review. Qual

Life Res. 2013; DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0343-z

12. Hooker C, Leask J, King C. Media ethics and infectious disease. In: Enemark C, Selgelid MJ,

editors. Ethics and security aspects of infectious disease control: interdisciplinary

perspectives: Ashgate Publishing, Surrey, UK: 2012:161-178.

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13. Chow MY, King C, Booy R, Leask J. Parents‘ Intentions and behavior regarding seasonal

influenza vaccination for their children: a survey in child-care centers in Sydney, Australia.

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2012;7(2): 89-96

14. Leask J, Kinnersley P, Jackson C, Cheater F, Bedford H, Rowles G. Communicating with

parents about vaccination. A framework for health professionals. BMC Pediatrics

2012,12:154

15. Berry JG, Ryan P, Gold MS, Braunack-Mayer AJ, Duszynski KM, for the Vaccine

Assessment Using Linked Data (VALiD) Working Group. A randomised controlled trial to

compare opt-in and opt-out parental consent for childhood vaccine safety surveillance using

data linkage. (in press) Journal of Medical Ethics. 2012.

16. Berry JG, Gold MS, Ryan P, Duszynski KM, Braunack-Mayer AJ; Vaccine Assessment

Using Linked Data (VALiD) Working Group. Public perspectives on consent for the linkage

of data to evaluate vaccine safety. Vaccine. 2012 Jun 13;30(28):4167-74. Epub 2012 Apr 27.

17. Ward K, Chow MYK, King C, Leask J. Strategies to improve vaccination uptake in

Australia, a systematic review of types and effectiveness. Australian and New Zealand

Journal of Public Health 2012; 36(4):369–77.

18. Hooker C, King C, Leask J. Journalists‘ views about reporting avian influenza and a potential

pandemic: a qualitative study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2012;6(3), 224–29.

19. Betsch C, Brewer NT, Brocard P, Davies P, Gaissmaier W, Haase N, Leask J, et al.

Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. Vaccine.

2012;30(25):3727-33.

20. Nicholson MS, Leask J (equal authors). Lessons from an online debate about measles–

mumps–rubella (MMR) immunization. Vaccine 2012;30(25):3806-12.

21. Booy R, Rashid H, Yin JK, Khandaker G, Leask J. Mandating influenza vaccination in

health-care workers (letter). Lancet 2011;378:1626.

22. Leask J, Braunack‐Mayer A, Kerridge I. Consent and public engagement in an era of

expanded childhood immunisation. J Paediatr Child Health 2011;47:603-7.

23. Cooper Robbins SC, Pang C, Leask J: Australian newspaper coverage of HPV vaccination,

October 2006-December 2009. J Health Commun 2011 0:1-11.

24. Ward K, Seale H, Zwar N, Leask J, MacIntyre CR: Annual influenza vaccination: coverage

and attitudes of primary care staff in Australia. Influenza and Other Resp Viruses 2011,

5(2):135-141.

25. Seale H, Leask J, MacIntyre CR: Awareness, attitudes and behavior of hospital healthcare

workers towards a mandatory vaccination directive: two years on. Vaccine 2011, 29:3734-

3737.

26. Lowbridge CP, Leask J: Risk communication in public health. NSW Public Health Bull 2011,

22(2):34-34.

27. Leask J: Target the fence-sitters. Nature 2011, 473(7348):443-445.

28. Helms C, Leask J, Cooper Robbins SC, Chow MYK, McIntyre P: Implementation of

mandatory immunisation of healthcare workers: Observations from New South Wales,

Australia. Vaccine 2011, 29(16):2895-2901.

29. Cooper Robbins SC, Leask J, Hayles EH, Sinn JKH. Midwife attitudes: An important

determinant of maternal postpartum pertussis booster vaccination. Vaccine

2011;29(34):5591-94.

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30. Cooper Robbins SC, Leask J, Booy R. Parents‘ attitudes toward the influenza vaccine and

influencing factors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2011;47:419-22.

31. Seale H, Ward KF, Zwar N, Van D, Leask J, MacIntyre CR: Examining the knowledge of

and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staff. Med J Aust 2010,

192(7):378-380.

32. Seale H, Leask J, MacIntyre CR: Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers

towards seasonal influenza and vaccination. Influenza Other Resp Viruses 2010, 4(1):41-46.

33. Leask J, Hooker C, King C: Media coverage of health issues and how to work more

effectively with journalists: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10(1):535.

34. Leask J, Helms CM, Chow MY, Robbins SCC, McIntyre PB: Making influenza vaccination

mandatory for health care workers: the views of NSW Health administrators and clinical

leaders. NSW Public Health Bull 2010, 21(10):243-247.

35. Leask J, Chow MYK, King C, Booy R: Caregivers' intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1)

2009 influenza vaccination for their children (letter). Med J Aust 2010, 193(8):485-486.

36. Leask J, Chapman S, Robbins SCC: "All manner of ills": The features of serious diseases

attributed to vaccination. Vaccine 2010, 28:3066-3070.

37. Leask J, Booy R, McIntyre PB: MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn?

(editorial). Med J Aust 2010, 193(1):5-7.

38. Jackson C, Cheater FM, Peacock R, Leask J, Trevena L: Evaluating a web-based MMR

decision aid to support informed decision-making by UK parents: A before-and-after

feasibility study. Health Ed J 2010, 69(1):74-83.

39. Brotherton JML, Leask J, Jackson C, McCaffery K, Trevena LJ: National survey of general

practitioners' experience of delivering the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Program. Sexual Health 2010, 7:291-298.

40. Trevena L, Leask J: Decision aids for MMR vaccination. In: Shared decision-making in

health care Achieving evidence based patient choice. 2nd edition edn. Edited by Edwards A,

Elwyn G. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009.

41. Seale H, Leask J, Po K, MacIntyre CR: "Will they just pack up and leave?" - attitudes and

intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic. BMC

Health Serv Res 2009, 9:30.

42. Seale H, Leask J, MacIntyre CR: Do they accept compulsory vaccination? Awareness,

attitudes and behaviour of hospital health care workers following a new vaccination directive.

Vaccine 2009, 27(23):3022-3025.

43. Leask J, McIntyre PB: Vaccine refusal and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases (letter).

N Engl J Med 2009, 361(7):723-724.

44. Leask J, Jackson C, Trevena L, McCaffery K, Brotherton J: Implementation of the Australian

HPV vaccination program for adult women: qualitative key informant interviews. Vaccine

2009, 27(40):5505-5512.

45. Leask J: How do general practitioners persuade parents to vaccinate their children? A study

using standardised scenarios. NSW Pub Health Bull 2009, 20(7-8):119-124.

46. Jackson C, Cheater FM, Peacock R, Leask J, Trevena L: A feasibility study of a web based

MMR decision aid to support informed decision-making by UK parents. Health Ed J 2009,

69(1):74-83.

47. Isaacs D, Kilham H, Leask J, Tobin B: Ethical issues in immunisation. Vaccine 2009,

27(5):615-618.

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48. Pearce C, Leask J, Ritchie J: Tapping midwives' views about the neonatal hepatitis B

vaccine: How welcome is a move towards a health promoting orientation? Health Prom J

Aust 2008, 19:161-163.

49. McIntyre P, Leask J: Improving uptake of MMR vaccine. BMJ 2008, 336(7647):729-730.

50. Leask J, Quinn HE, Macartney K, Trent M, Massey P, Carr C, Turahui J: Immunisation

attitudes, knowledge and practices of health professionals in regional NSW. Aust N Z J

Public Health 2008, 32(3):224-229.

51. Leask J, Macartney K: Parental decisions about vaccination: collective values are important.

J Paediatr Child Health 2008, 44(10):534-535.

52. Isaacs D, Leask J: Should influenza immunisation be mandatory for healthcare workers? No.

BMJ 2008, 337(oct28_3):a2140.

53. Wallace C, Leask J, Trevena LJ: Effects of a web based decision aid on parental attitudes to

MMR vaccination: a before and after study. BMJ 2006, 332(7534):146-149.

54. Sheikh M, MacIntyre CR, Wood NJ, Leask J, Isaacs D: Barriers to access to health care for

newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia. Med J Aust 2006, 185(11-12):594-597.

55. Leask J, Sheikh M, MacIntyre CR, Leask A, Wood NJ: Community perceptions about

infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: a qualitative study. Med J Aust 2006, 185(11-

12):591-593.

56. Leask J, Chapman S, Hawe P, Burgess M: What maintains parental support for vaccination

when challenged by anti-vaccination messages? A qualitative study. Vaccine 2006, 24(49-

50):7238-7245.

57. Burgess DC, Burgess MA, Leask J: The MMR vaccination and autism controversy in United

Kingdom 1998-2005: Inevitable community outrage or a failure of risk communication?

Vaccine 2006, 24(18):3921-3928.

58. Leask J, Leask A, Silove N: Evidence for autism in folklore? Archives of Disease in

Childhood 2005, 90(3):271-271.

59. Leask J, Williams A, McIntyre P, O'Dea D: Are general practice registrars prepared for

immunisation? A cross sectional survey. Australian Family Physician 2004, 33(8):665-667.

60. Ackermann D, Chapman S, Leask J: Media coverage of anthrax vaccination refusal by

Australian Defence Force personnel. Vaccine 2004, 23(3):411-417.

61. McIntyre P, Williams A, Leask J: Refusal of parents to vaccinate: dereliction of duty or

legitimate personal choice? (editorial) Med J Aust 2003, 178(4):150-151.

62. MacIntyre CR, Leask J: Immunization myths and realities: responding to arguments against

immunization. J Pediatr Child Health 2003, 39(7):487-491.

63. Leask J, McIntyre P: Public opponents of vaccination: a case study. Vaccine 2003,

21(32):4700-4703.

64. Davies P, Chapman S, Leask J. Anti-vaccination activists on the world wide web. Arch Dis

Child 2002; 87:22-5.

65. Leask J. Vaccination and risk communication: summary of a workshop. Arlington VA, USA.

5-6 October 2000. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002;38:124-8.

66. Leask J, Chapman S. 'The cold hard facts' Immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases in

Australia's newsprint media 1993-1998. Soc Sci Med 2002;54(3):121-133.

67. Chapman S, Leask J. Paid celebrity endorsement in health promotion: a case study. Health

Promotion International 2001;16(4).

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68. Leask J, Hawe P. Reply to Ezzy 1: yes, qualitative methods are often misunderstood (letter).

Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25(5):470.

69. Leask J, Hawe P, Chapman S. Focus group composition: a comparison between natural and

constructed groups. Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25(2):152-4.

70. Leask J-A, Chapman S, Hawe P. Facts are not enough (letter). BMJ 2000;321:109.

71. Leask J-A, Chapman S. ‗An attempt to swindle nature‘: press anti-immunisation reportage

1993-1997. Aust N Z J Public Health 1998; 22: 17-26.

International Meeting Invited Presentations

1. Advocacy for Public Confidence in Vaccination. Immunisation Champions pre-congress

workshop for the International Congress of Pediatrics, Melbourne 24 August 2013.

2. Co-convenor and speaker: Public engagement and risk communication in childhood

vaccination. Joint Symposium by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and

University of Sydney School of Public Health, 26 June, 2013 London, UK

3. Keynote address. Effective communication strategies during an infectious disease event

Sheela Basrur Symposium, Toronto, Canada 3 April 2013

4. Workshop participant and presenter, Dealing with misinformation about HPV vaccine. The

President‘s Cancer Panel on ―Achieving Widespread HPV Vaccine Impact‖ Washington DC,

13 September 2012

5. Global Acceptance of Vaccines. Joint Working Group meeting for Decade of Vaccines

Collaboration. Barcelona, Spain. October 2011.

6. Surfing the communication wave. Risk 2.0: Risk perception and communication regarding

vaccination decisions in the age of web 2.0. International small group meeting. University of

Erfurt, Germany, 12-14 May 2011.

7. Panelist and presenter. Vaccine communication: A view from „down under‟. Third

stakeholder meeting of the committee on review of priorities in the National Vaccine Plan.

National Academy of Sciences, 2 February 2009

8. How anti-immunisation issues affect coverage. International Speaker Plenary, New Zealand

Immunisation Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, September 2004.

9. The anti-immunisation threat. Plenary Co-presentation. Skeptics World Convention III 12th

November 2000; University of Sydney, Australia. Leask J & Chapman S.

National Conference Plenaries

1. Childhood Vaccination: Achievements and Challenges (keynote speaker). Annual State

Conference for Environmental Health Australia (Tasmania) Incorporated, 4th

September

2013, Port Arthur, Tasmania.

2. What makes a pregnant woman have a vaccine? 13th Public Health Association of Australia

National Immunisation Conference; 2012 June; Darwin.

3. Communicating with parents about vaccination. Hunter New England Immunisation

Conference: ―Immunise for Life: a local and global approach‖, Newcastle NSW; 9-10

December.

4. “That we are too soft on the anti-vaccination lobby” (Speaker in the negative, arguing for a

less combative approach. Debate winner) 12th Public Health Association of Australia

National Immunisation Conference; 2010 August; Adelaide.

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5. Journalists on the pandemic threat. Plenary, Australasian Medical Writer‘s Association

Conference, Sydney, October 2009.

6. Who are the under-immunised and why? Program delivery: talking, doing and targeting.

Plenary, 11th

National Immunisation Conference, Gold Coast, September 2008.

7. Immunisation and the paediatrician – communicating with parents and the media. RACP

Congress; 2007 May; Melbourne, Australia.

8. Discourses in immunisation debates: the power of naming. Discourse and Health Conference.

November 2006, University of Western Sydney.

9. The MMR controversy: when science takes a back seat. Plenary, 8th National Public Health

Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, A Boost for Immunisation, Melbourne,

May, 2002.

10. How parents respond to immunisation controversies. Plenary presented to the 7th

National

Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, 2 & 3 August, 2000. Gold

Coast, Australia. Leask J, Chapman S, Hawe P & Burgess M.

Proffered papers 1. Leask J, Learning to listen and engage with public concerns about vaccines. World Congress

on Risk, July 18-20, Sydney, Australia

2. Leask J, Kinnersley P, Jackson C, Cheater F, Bedford H.E, Rowles G. Communicating with

parents about vaccination: guidelines for health professionals. 13th Public Health

Association of Australia National Immunisation Conference; 2012 June; Darwin.

3. Heron LG, Yin JK, Dierig A, Chow MYK, Leask J, Rost L, Lambert SB, Nissen MD, Booy

R. Paediatric Influenza Vaccine Outcome Trial (PIVOT) Respiratory Virus Infection

Outcomes. 4th European Scientific Working Group on Influenza Conference

4. Chow MYK, Morrow A, Cooper Robbins S, Leask J. Disease-specific quality of life

instruments for caregivers of children with pediatric illness: a systematic review.

5. Chow MYK, Leask J, Yin JK, Heron L, Morrow A, Booy R. A survey measuring quality of

life impact on parents of a child‘s influenza-like-illness.

6. Chow MYK, Leask J, Morrow A, Booy R. Quality of life of parents of children with

influenza-like-illness: qualitative interviews. 18th Annual Conference, International Society

for Quality of Life Research

7. Cooper Robbins SC, Leask J, Sinn J, Hayles E. Midwife Attitudes: An Overlooked

Determinant of Maternal Postpartum Pertussis Booster Vaccination Completion, Perinatal

Society of Australia and New Zealand, 15th

Congress, April 10-13, 2011; Hobart, Tasmania,

Australia.

8. Leask J, Chow MY, King C, Booy R. Caregivers‘ intentions regarding seasonal influenza

and H1N1 vaccines for their children. 12th National Immunisation Conference; 2010 August;

Adelaide, Australia.

9. King C, Leask J. Parents of children attending childcare – beliefs about seasonal and H1N1

influenza. 12th National Immunisation Conference; 2010 August; Adelaide, Australia.

10. Helms C, Leask J, Cooper SC, Chow M, McIntyre P. Implementation of a state-wide policy

directive for mandatory immunisation of healthcare workers. 12th National Immunisation

Conference; 2010 August; Adelaide, Australia.

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11. Wiley K, Leask J, Craig J. Awareness and attitudes toward adult pertussis vaccination

recommendations in parents and carers of four and five year old children. 12th National

Immunisation Conference; 2010 August; Adelaide, Australia.

12. Jackson C, Cheater, FM, Peacock R, Leask J, Trevena L. A feasibility study of a web-based

MMR decision aid. Poster presentation at International Shared Decision Making Conference,

Boston, June 2009.

13. Implementation of the Australian HPV vaccination program for adult women: qualitative key

informant interviews. 11th


14. Seale H, Leask J, MacIntyre R. Hospital health care workers attitudes toward mandatory

immunisation. 11th


15. Gillett S, Shaw H, Passaris I, Leask J. Influenza Vaccination in ACT Nurse Immunisers. 11th


16. Brotherton J, Leask J, Jackson C, Trevena L, McCaffery K. National survey of the

general practitioner's experience of delivering the National Human Papillomavirus

Vaccination Program. 11th


17. Seale H, MacIntyre CR, Leask J, Po K, Parsons M. ―Knowledge, attitudes and intended

behaviour of hospital health care workers around pandemic influenza‖ (poster). 13th

International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2008.

18. The MMR vaccine decision aid: an innovative online tool for parents. Westmead Association

Symposium, Sydney, August 2007. (Poster presentation)

19. Immunisation knowledge, attitudes and practices among health professionals. 10th

National

Immunisation Conference. Sydney, 30 July – 1 Aug, 2006

20. Attitudes to Hepatitis B vaccine among midwives. 10th

National Immunisation Conference.

Sydney, 30 July – 1 Aug, 2006

21. Responding to immunisation controversies. Public Health Advocacy Conference. Sydney, 29

& 30 August, 2005.

22. The MMR Decision Aid: Development and evaluation. Shared Decision Making: meanings,

problems and solutions, University of Sydney, February, 2005

23. On tensions between the individual and community in public health. The case of mass

childhood vaccination. 32nd Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference;

2000 26-29 November 2000; Canberra.

24. Provider encounters with immunisation-ambivalent parents. 7th

National Public Health

Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, 2 & 3 August, 2000. Gold Coast.

25. 'The Cold Hard Facts': The promotion of immunisation in Austria's print media 1993-1997.

31st Annual Public Health Association Conference, September 26-29, 1999, Darwin.

Seminars

1. Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals.

Seminar for European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 18 June 2013, Stockholm

Sweden.

2. Public concerns about vaccination. Seminar for University Centre for Rural Health, Lismore

NSW 2 May 2013

3. Vaccination and risk communication. Recorded lecture for Department of Health and Ageing

20 March 2013, Canberra ACT

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4. Communicating with parents in public and private settings. National Immunisation Program

Implementation Seminar, 8 March 2013, Sydney.

5. Information to address concerns about immunisation: What is available, does it work, and

where are the gaps? Presentation to National Immunisation Committee 15 Jan 2013,

Canberra ACT

6. Working in regions with higher rates of vaccine refusal. Seminar at Seattle Children‘s

Hospital, Washington USA, 17 Sept 2012.

7. Headline or headache: Understanding the role of the media in the vaccination debate.

Industry Symposium at National Immunisation Conference (unpaid), 21 June 2012, Darwin.

8. The future and immunisation. Panelist at Industry Symposium at National Immunisation

Conference (unpaid), 19 June 2012, Darwin.

9. Convenor and presenter, Ethical Issues in Immunisation Symposium, NCIRS and University

of Sydney, April 2012.

10. Guidelines for communicating about vaccination. University of Sydney Medical Psychology

group, University of Sydney, May 2012.

11. Fear, Myth and the Vaccination Debate. NSW Health Department Public Health Ethics

Forum, Sydney 7 April, 2011.

12. Social media and emerging infectious diseases. Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and

Biosecurity, Colloquium. University of Sydney 23rd

November 2011.

13. Is viral marketing good for you? The role of new media in public health. Sydney Ideas

Forum, University of Sydney, 14th

June 2011.

14. Henry Kilham and Julie Leask. Children‘s Hospital at Westmead Clinical ethics discussion

group meeting: Consent for Immunisation: Where are we going? April 2011, Children‘s

Hospital at Westmead, Sydney.

15. Media ethics and disease outbreaks: Biosecurity and Ethics Symposium. National Centre for

Biosecurity, Sydney 18-19 February 2010.

16. Improving communication about vaccines: the media, the public and providers. Nurse

Immuniser Update, Sydney West AHS, 7 December 2009, Penrith, Sydney

17. Doctors and dissenters: a qualitative study of how GPs respond to parents hesitance about

childhood immunisation. University of Auckland, School of Primary Health Care, 13th

October 2009, Auckland, New Zealand.

18. NCIRS research summary: Grand Rounds, Children‘s Hospital at Westmead 14th

May, 2009

19. Theory in qualitative research. The Qualitative Health Research Collaboration, School of

Public Health, University of Sydney. 11th

May, 2009


childhood immunisation. University of Leeds, School of Healthcare monthly seminar. 1

October 2008, Leeds, UK.


childhood immunisation. University of Sydney, Research in Oncology, Medical Psychology

& Evidence-based Decision-making (ROMPED) group, 24 June 2008. Sydney

22. Immunisation refusers, fence sitters and the rest: how to respond. WA Health Dept. 21

August 2007. (1 hour seminar co-presenter attended by 120 GPs, nurses and others).

23. Vaccination controversies: information for providers. ACT Immunisation Provider‘s

workshop. November 2006, Canberra.

24. Vaccine risk communication. Canterbury Division of General Practice, July 2003 Sydney.

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25. The MMR controversy. Grand Rounds, Children‘s Hospital at Westmead, June 2002 Sydney

26. Attitudes to immunisation: Media watch. NCIRS Forum: Immunisation Research—Today and

Tomorrow; 2002 Nov; Sydney.

27. Vaccine risk communication. South Australian Divisions of General Practice Workshop for

GPs and Divisional Coordinators, 10th

April 2001, Adelaide.

28. Vaccine risk communication. Victorian Divisions of General Practice Workshop for

Immunisation Coordinators, 9th

November 2000, Melbourne.

29. Vaccine Communication Workshop summary. National Centre for Immunisation Research

and Surveillance. 23 October 2000, Sydney.

30. Anti-vaccination lobbying in Australia, an overview. Seminar presented to the National

Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, weekly

meeting, 29 May 2000 Sydney.

31. Dealing with immunisation controversies. Ipswich & West Moreton Division of General

Practice, Immunisation Conference for General Practitioners. 30 May, 1999. Brisbane.

32. „An attempt to swindle nature‟: press anti-immunisation reportage 1993-1997. Department of

Community Medicine, July, 1997 University of Sydney.

Workshops

1. Communicating about vaccination with parents. 2 hour workshop for ACT Immunisation

Accreditation Update, 29 May 2013, Canberra ACT.

2. Effective communication strategies during an infectious disease event. Seminar for Hunter

New England public health staff, 7 May 2013, Tamworth NSW.

3. Guidelines for communicating about vaccination with parents. GP and Nurse Immuniser

Update, May 2012, Manly Warringah Division of General Practice, Sydney.

4. Guidelines for communicating about vaccination with parents. Nurse Immuniser Update,

Sydney South West Local Health District, November 2011, Camperdown, Sydney


Sydney West AHS, October 2011, Westmead, Sydney


Sydney West AHS, August 2011, Penrith, Sydney

7. The perfect immunisation encounter. Pre-conference workshop, 12th National Immunisation

Conference; 2010 August; Adelaide, Australia.

8. Immunisation myths and realities: Parental concerns about immunisation and how to

respond. ACT Division of General Practice training evening. May 2007

9. Dealing with conscientious objectors. NSW Divisions of General Practice Annual Update.

May 2007

10. Health risk. Discourse and Health Conference. November 2006, University of Western

Sydney.

11. Adverse events communication. National Vaccine Safety Workshop. November 2005,

Sydney.

12. Provider risk communication. Local co-ordinator‘s workshop. September 2004, Rotorua,

New Zealand,

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13. Provider risk communication. Pre-conference Workshop, 9th National Public Health

Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, Immunisation at the Crossroads, August

2004, Cairns.

14. A risk communication perspective on immunisation. Immunisation: Communication &

Perception of Risk: a pre-conference workshop, 5 May 2002 Melbourne.

Current Supervision

Supervision of 2 postdoctoral research fellows, primary supervisor for 2 PhD (1 postgraduate

prize winner), 2 MPhil candidates (Indigenous)

Previous Postgraduate supervision

4 PhD (one postgraduate prize winner, one USYD International Scholar), 2 hons, 2 MPH, 1

paediatric fellow, 5 undergraduates (all graduated and one recently submitted)

Other teaching

Various teaching roles in USYD courses including MPH, MIPH, Master of Qualitative Health

Research, Master of Health Psychology including developing and teaching postgraduate unit of

study in Health and Risk Communication 2009 onwards.

Scholarships and prizes

University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship 2012-2014

Teaching Award: Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision. Discipline of Paediatrics and Child

Health, University of Sydney, 2012.

University Postgraduate Award, University of Sydney 2000-2001

Finalist, Australian Skeptics Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking 1999

Grant agencies and journal reviews.

Wellcome Trust, NHMRC, Health Research Council of New Zealand, New Zealand Lottery

Grants Board / Te Puna Tahua.

American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Pediatrics, Med J Aust and 10 others.

Traditional media: Opinion pieces in Sydney Morning Herald, BBC Radio 4. Extensive behind

the scenes media and policy advocacy.

Social media: Twitter @JulieLeask 1400+ followers; Nature podcast, Vimeo, The

Conversation, ABC Online, Crikey, Croakey.

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