Deborah Gleeson is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She teaches subjects with a health systems, health policy and public health focus.
Deborah's research interests focus on the impact of international trade agreements on health care and public health policy.
Deborah is a co-convenor for the Political Economy of Health Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of Australia, which is concerned with the macro-level political and economic structures which shape health. She is an active member of the global People's Health Movement.
Experience
2012–present
Lecturer, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University
2008–2011
Research Fellow, School of Public Health, La Trobe University
2002–2006
Lecturer (sessional), School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University
2004–2005
Research Officer, School of Public Health, La Trobe University
Education
2010
La Trobe University, PhD in Health Policy
2002
La Trobe University, Master of Public Health
1997
La Trobe University, Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion