Stephen Leeder
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Retired academic public health physician |
| Location | 71 Ross Street Glebe, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | Stephen Leeder is an emeritus professor of public health and community medicine at the University of Sydney. He was the director of the Research and Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District. He is now retired and lives with his wife Katharine Esson in Glebe in Sydney and Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains. He remains editor in chief or the International Journal of Epidemiology. Professor Leeder’s academic career includes clinical practice, public health research, educational development and policy with research interests in asthma and cardiovascular disease and chronic illness more generally.. From 2011 to December 2016, Professor Leeder was the foundation chair of the Western Sydney Local Health District Board, from 1997 to 2003, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and, from 2004 to 2014 he directed the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, focussing on policy research for cost-effective, comprehensive prevention and care of chronic illnesses. |
| Interests | Current geopolitics, medical science and advances, social justice, TV and other media, the environment, sons and their families including four grandchildren. |