User:Mpcampbell/Gillian Abel

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Gillian Abel is a New Zealand public health researcher. As of 2021, she is head of the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago in Christchurch.

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 * 1Academic career
 * 2 Selected publications
 * 2.1Books https://moodle.mta.ca/my/ j
 * 2.2Journal articles
 * 3 References

Education
Abel received a diploma from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town. She graduated from the University of Otago in 2010 with a PhD in Public Health. Her thesis was titled "Decriminalisation: A harm minimisation and human rights approach to regulating sex work".

Career
Gillian Abel's early career focused on hematology before making a career change to focus on public health. In 1997, she joined the Department of Public Health and General Practice at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand. In December 2019, Abel was promoted to full professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago with effect from 1 February 2020. She is also head of the Department.

Abel's research focuses on vulnerable populations, including sex workers, vulnerable youth, and Pacific people. Her primary focus in her research is in sex work. Abel was involved in leading an influential research project funded by the Health Research Council, which analysed the impact of the Prostitution Reform Act on the lives of sex workers. This study has informed policy-making in New Zealand and worldwide.

Books


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