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Lesley Russell

Lesley Russell is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney’s Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data. She was the inaugural Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and, prior to that, a health policy adviser to the federal Labor Party. She worked for seven years as health policy adviser on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the US House of Representatives and was a Senior Policy Adviser to the US Surgeon-General during the Obama Administration.

Lesley Russell 14 October 2010 Americans vote soon in mid-term elections that are partly a referendum on the presidency. Lesley Russell looks at why the Democrats seem to be struggling despite the…
Lesley Russell 15 September 2010 With the mid-term elections looming, Barack Obama is out of the Oval Office and back on the campaign trail, writes Lesley Russell Lesley Russell 20 July 2010 Barack Obama’s policies are starting to fall into place. So why is his approval rating so low? Lesley Russell 3 March 2010 Despite President Obama’s remarkable mastery of the facts, the Republicans weren’t budging, reports Lesley Russell Lesley Russell 23 February 2010 This week’s summit aims to save the embattled healthcare overhaul through the power of persuasion, writes Lesley Russell
Lesley Russell 21 January 2010 2010 could be even tougher for Barack Obama, but things could turn around quickly, writes Lesley Russell Lesley Russell 10 November 2009 Can Democrats in the US Senate use the same techniques as their colleagues in the House to turn healthcare reforms into law, asks Lesley Russell Lesley Russell 29 October 2009 The prognosis for healthcare reform in the United States is improving by the day, writes Lesley Russell in Washington Lesley Russell 14 August 2009 The United States is on the brink of major reforms to make healthcare more accessible and affordable. But the reformers still have a fight on their hands, writes Lesley Russell