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Leeder S. Overview of approaches to NCD prevention - Priorities for action, WUN Public Health Conference Early Life Opportunities for the Prevention of Non‐communicable Disease (NCD) in Developing Countries, 19 May 2011, Shanghai, China.
Leeder S. Social & Cultural Context of Where & How We Die, Home Hospice Live Talk Die Conference, 25 March 2011, Sydney.
Leeder S. Causes of the Causes & Levers for Change, AusAID NCD Prevention & Climate Change Program, 23 March 2011, Sydney.
Leeder S. Key note address – Consumer centred care, implications for service providers and health professionals, Carers NSW 2011 Biennial conference, 18 March 2011, Sydney.
Leeder S. Australian health care system, Medical Foundation Block Lecture, 17 March 2011, Sydney.
Leeder S. Poems for our Age, Reunion of Class of 1966, 29 January 2011, Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific.
Leeder S. Graduation Speech, Graduation Ceremony, University of Sydney, 17 December 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Challenges in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Australian Defence Global Health Leadership Institute, 23 November 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. The Australian Government’s National Health Reform Plan – implications for regional centres, Future Directions in Anaesthesia – where to next, 20 November 2010, Port Macuarie.
Leeder S. Chronic disease – Everyone’s business, Tasmanian Allied Health Professionals’ Forum, 9 November 2010, Launceston.
Leeder S. Debator (Affirmative), Translating research into practice: Epidemiologists should leave it to the policy makers, AEA Annual Conference 2010, 1st October 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Connecting Care Communities: sustainable health information models; change management and health workforce, CHIK Services' Health-e-Nation 2010, 9 September 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. What is a life worth? Centre for Continuing Education, 28 August 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S.Panellist - Primary care and prevention, Financial Review National Health Conference 2010, 17 August 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Hospital Networks and sustainable service delivery, Hospital Reform Summit 2010, 16 August 2010, Melbourne.
Leeder S. Preparing poster presentations, Sydney School of Public Health, 9 August 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. The Future of Research in Western Sydney, Westmead Week, 6 August 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. How Policy Works, SEISMIC Policy Forum, 4 August 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Panellist - Health & Development: Responding to HIV/AIDS, The 16th Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference, 14 July 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Local Hospital Networks: what will they mean for us?, Department of Health and Ageing Seminar Series, 14 July 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. RM Gibson Oration - Reform or reformation? The future for ageing health in the new health vision, Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG), 30 June 2010, Newcastle.
Leeder S. Chair - Keynote presentation: The Economic Impact of Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases in China, 2010 APRU World Institute Public Health Workshop - The Public Health Challenge of Chronic Diseases in the Asia Pacific Region, 18 June 2010, Nanjing, China.
Leeder S. Moderator - Towards a better national chronic disease management strategy, Healthcare World Australia 2010, 21 April 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. Moderator - Creating a world-class health system — a roadmap for the reform journey, Healthcare World Australia 2010, 20 April 2010, Sydney.
Leeder S. National Health and Hospital Reform: Achieving equitable access to health care in Australia, ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity, 25 March 2010, Canberra.
Leeder S. Panellist - Ethical Challenges for Public Health: Ethics, Equity and Sustainability, Word Congress of Internal Medicine 2010, 24 March 2010, Melbourne.

Leeder S. Response to Rediscovering public health through global health, Redfern Oration delivered by Professor Richard Smith, Word Congress of Internal Medicine 2010, 24 March 2010, Melbourne.

Leeder S. Something's rotten in the state of Australia's health - our teeth, presentation at the Faculty of Dentistry Graduation Ceremony for Class of 2009, 19 March 2010.

Leeder S. The Clinician’s Role in Policy to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Diabetes Mellitus, Novo Nordisk Diabetes Update, 26-27 February 2010, Shanghai, China.

Leeder S. Challenges facing Australia in preventing and managing chronic disease, Menzies' 21st Anniversary Symposium, 14 December, Hobart.

Leeder S. Health reform – recent Australian experience and its relevance for Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Delegation to University of Sydney, 10 December, Sydney.

Leeder S. Multi-centre collaborative to reduce cardiovascular disease, Asia Conference on Emerging Issues in Public Health, 1 December, Hong Kong.
Leeder S. How should health care be provided in the future? Concord 2020 - Concord Clinical Week, 16 November 2009, Sydney.

Leeder S. Panellist - What Will Self Care Look Like? Why Is It In the Public Interest to Promote Wider Self Care? What Is the Responsibility of Each Key Stakeholder to Ensure That Self Care Delivers Desired
Outcomes? ASMI 2009 Conference - Self Care: How much is your responsibility?, 12 November 2009, Sydney.

Leeder S. Public health and community medicine. Presentation to paediatric health professionals from China, Cambodia and solomon Islands. 11 November 2009.
Rudd's Restructuring of Australia's Health System - What Will it Deliver?, Politics in the Pub, 23 October 2009, Sydney.
Leeder S, Gillespie J. Healthcare in Australia, presentation to Shanghai Jiading Bureau of Health, University of Sydney, 15 October 2009.
Writing for the Media, Victor Coppleson Continuing Medical Education Seminar Series, 13 October 2009, University of Sydney.
Facilitator, Panel debate: Three achievable steps to become the best – do we have consensus?, AHHA – AIHPS 2009 Congress: Shaping Up in Health: How does Australia become the world's best?, 9 October 2009, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart.
Chronic Disease and Sustainability: A Health Research Agenda, The Sydney School of Public Health Research Leaders Seminar Series, 23 September 2009, Sydney.
Panel discussion on Health Reform in Australia, The 2009 AMSA National Leadership Development Seminar, 7 September 2009.
What capabilities are required to engage in the broader multidisciplinary health care policy world and how we develop those skills in nurses and midwives?, WUN Nursing International Health Policy and Research Roundtable, 2 September 2009, Sydney.
Panellist, Workshop 1: Millennium Development Goals and Development, Global Health Day at the University of Sydney, 28 August 2009
Resilience and serious and continuing illness, Michael Ward Symposium on ‘Resilience and Health, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney, 12 August 2009.
Challenges Facing Australia in Managing Chronic Disease ACRA Annual Conference 2009 - ‘Synergy in Cardiovascular Health – Exercise and more’, Sydney, 10 August 2009.
Successful Inteventions for Heart Health, Gulf Cooperation Council Conference on Economics of Cardiovascular Disease, 19-21 April 2009, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Efficient Allocation of Resources for Heart Health, Gulf Cooperation Council Conference on Economics of Cardiovascular Disease, 19-21 April 2009, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
The Economical Argument for Primary Prevention, Gulf Cooperation Council Conference on Economics of Cardiovascular Disease, 19-21 April 2009, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Funding models and arrangements: New Zealand and Australia, The Pathology Workforce Crisis, Sydney, 12 March 2009.
An integrated service of care for people with chronic illness, by Stephen Leeder and Mary Roberts, Improving Patient Flow for Enhanced Patient Outcomes, Waters Edge, Sydney, 10 March 2009.
How can we contribute to cost-effective health care?, Health Financing Course, Institute of Actuaries of Australia, Canberra, 1 March 2009
Diabetes prevention – global knowledge and policy aspects, India-Australia Symposium on Current Controversies in Diabetes, 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of RSSDI, India, 21 November 2008.
Proposal for an AWI APRU Public Health Research Collaboration, APRU World Institute AWI Public Health Research Project Meeting, Singapore, 10 November 2008.
International perspective on the burden of disease, Blue Mountains Chronic Disease Management Conference - Bringing the Evidence into Local Practice, Leura, 8 November 2008.
The Global Obesity Epidemic and its Impact on Health, Adding Value to Pacific Island Foods, Sydney, 6 November 2008.
The Prevention of Lifestyle Disorders through Workplace Action, Time to deliver the highest OHS standards - Having a voice is having an impact, Melbourne, 30 October 2008.
Health Challenges 2008, DVD Presentation to Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association AGM, 29 October 2008. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
Sustainable Funding for Australia’s Future Health Care, Key Health Challenges in a Climate of Reform, CEDA Health Reform Forum, Melbourne, 29 October 2008
The Future Of Health Policy In Australia, Australian Asthma Conference 2008, Sydney, 20 October 2008.
Realising Prevention, Realising Reform 2008 – Victorian Healthcare Association Annual Conference, Melbourne, 16 October 2008.
Opening Address, Emerging Health Policy Research Conference, Sydney, 9 October 2008.
Looking forward to better health. How do we get from the summit to the promised land?, Aged Care Forum – Westmead Hospital Week 2008 A Tribute to Dr Michael Price (MBBS, FRACP), Sydney, 27th August 2008.
Rethinking the role of medicine, Grand Challenges in Health & Medicine Public Lecture Series 2008, University of Sydney, 20 August 2008. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
The need for a national approach to mental health policy and practice, AHPI Seminar - Re-finding the plot: How to regain direction in mental health policy for Australia, Sydney, 22 July 2008.
Expenditure and projections, Australia's health 2008 conference. How are we going? How do we know?, AIHW, Canberra, 24 June 2008.
Semantic Issues: What is prevention? What is primary care? How do these two go together?, AHPI Seminar - New Policy Buzz Words: Prevention and Primary Care, Sydney, 28 May 2008.
Do we have enough doctors in the house?, Deakin University, Melbourne, 7 May 2008. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
People, Health and Medicine, The 5th Annual Future of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Sydney, 6 May 2008. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
Advance Australia Where? Thinking about health, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sydney, 3 May 2008.
Presentation at the Medical Radiation Sciences Graduation, University of Sydney, 23 April 2008. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
Using health research findings in the development of public health policy, Thinking, Doing and Building: Public Health Evidence for Knowledge Translation, 21 February 2008. Presented by the Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field (McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne), PHREP Research Cluster (Deakin University) and VicHealth.
The macro drivers change in health, presentation at the Australian General Practice Network Forum 2007, Hobart 15-18 November 2007. Listen to the audio file here: audio.
Summary and the Way Forward, presentation at Climate change and rural health, the challenge of climate change for health in rural and regional Victoria, presented by the Climate Adaptation Science and Policy Initiative (CASPI) and the Menzies Foundation, 22 August, The University of Melbourne.
Effective Financing Strategies for Health Care in Australia, presentation at Australian Health Summit 2007, Sydney, 20 August 2007
An Ideal Patient Journey in a Reformed Health Service, presentation at The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance Summit, 30 July 2007, Canberra. A copy of Professor Leeder’s notes is available here.
Influencing Public Health Policy and Practice: the role of the Public Health Academic, presentation at APRU World Institute Workshop entitled The Role of Universities in Addressing Emerging Public Health Threats in the Asia Pacific Region, 26 May 2007, Beijing, China.
The scope, mission and method of public health, Presentation at the University of Sydney's Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (RIHSS) Key Directions Public Lecture Series, 9 May 2007. A podcast is available at http://www.usyd.edu.au/podcasts/2007/public-health.mp3
Why and how we must balance science and humanity in medical education for the future, Presentation at the University of Sydney Canberra Clinical School Symposium, A Medical Degree - Where Can It Take You?, 2 December 2006, Canberra
Broadening the scope of inquiry: including an urban and habitat planning perspective in strategies for better health, Paper prepared for the Oxford Health Alliance workgroup on ‘Designing Healthy Cities’, Cape Town Summit, November 2006 by Steve Leeder, Michael Ward and David Wilmoth
The importance of chronic disease in women’s health, Presentation at The International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI) Congress 2006, 16-18 November 2006, Sydney
Opening Address at the The Right to the Right Health Care conference convened by the Centre for Developmental Disability Studies and the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, 15th-17th November, 2006, Sydney
The clinician scientist – the glue in health-related research, Presentation at the 5th Biennial Health Research Conference From Cell to Society 5 convened by The University of Sydney, 9-10 November 2006, Leura, NSW
Global health and primordial prevention, Presentation at the 5th Biennial Health Research Conference From Cell to Society 5 convened by The University of Sydney, 9-10 November 2006, Leura, NSW
The years immediately after medical graduation: ten challenges and what we can do about them, Keynote address at the 11th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum, 29th October - 1st November 2006, Adelaide.
The challenge of non-communicable disease to developing economies - What has changed and what we need to do to adapt: Part A, Presentation to the World Congress of Cardiology 2006, 2-6 September 2006, Barcelona.
A Plague on all Your Houses: The Rise and Rise of Non-Communicable Disease, Presentation to the Department of History, UCLA, 25 October 2005
Closing Presentation, NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference 2005, Sydney, 19 October 2005
Health is a Whole-of-Life Issue, Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes Conference, Melbourne, 27 September 2005
Australian Health Care in the World Scene, Presentation to the Australian College of Health Services National Congress, Adelaide, 11 August 2005
William McCarthy Farewell Dinner, The University of Sydney, 29 July 2005
A 30-year, n=1, observation of public health, The University of Sydney, 30 June 2005
The Interplay of Political Economy and Health, The University of Sydney, 18 March 2005
Policy and Ethics: Intersection or Parallel Paths?, Centre for Values Ethics and the Law in Medicine, The University of Sydney, 10 March 2005
The New Public Health, James Cook University, Townsville, 7 March 2005
Public health change and challenge, James Cook University, Townsville, 7 March 2005
Meeting the challenge: Increasing the responsiveness of policy makers, health systems and the medical profession, Presentation at 21st Century Public Health, University of Calgary, 1 February 2005
Global Health and the Future of Academic Medicine, The 2004 Robert Menzies Oration in Higher Education, University of Melbourne, 15 September 2004
Liberalism and the Challenge of Global Health, The Sirus Naraqi Oration, University of Sydney, 13 August 2004.
The Changing Face of Global Health, The Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Columbia University, 21 April 2004
Promoting the Health of people with developmental disabilities, Centre for Developmental Disabilities Studies Forum, 29 April 2002
International networks for the future, VCAC Forum, 18 April 2002
The Medical Program at Sydney University and Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Warringah Medical Association, 21 March 2002
Private medicine and public health: partners or passers by?, Gold Coast Hospital Symposium, 9 August 2001
GM Food, Nature and Society Forum Inc., Internet Conference, 9-15 September 2001
The future of public health research, DPHCM Student Conference, 21 September 2001
Opening Address, 4th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services, Sunday 23 September 2001
The Big Business of Medicine, ABC joint broadcast with Life Matters and the Health Report, 27 Aug 2001
GM Food for Thought, Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 14 July 2001
Evidence and Cost-Effectiveness, BMS Pharmaceuticals Health Policy Seminar, 19 June 2001
Graduation Ceremony, UTS Faculties of Education and Nursing, Midwifery and Health, 18 April 2001
Challenges in Medical Education, St George Hospital Grand Rounds, 12 Apr 2001
Graduation Ceremony, Medical Radiation Technology, Orthoptics, Medical Radiation Sciences and Medical Sonography, 30 Mar 2001
Ann Janet Woolcock, Eulogy delivered by Stephen Leeder, 13 Mar 2001
Speech of Welcome to the First Year Students, 20 Feb 2001
2001 in Prospect, 19 January 2001
Annual Report to Faculty, 18 Dec 2000
Clinical Ethical Considerations in Health Care in Australia, Calvary Hospital Adelaide, 12 Dec 2000
GM Foods for Thought, National Council of Jewish Women, 11 Dec 2000
Private Medicine And Public Health: Partners Or Passers By?, Westmead Private Hospital Inaugural AGM, 14 Nov 2000
Faculty Rural Developments, 64th AGM of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, 3 Nov 2000
The Challenge of Reconciliation for Health, National Undergraduate Rural Health Conference, 12 Sept 2000.
The Future of Research and Community Health, BioBusiness Forum, 28 Aug 2000.
Explain Yourself!, Medico-Legal Society of NSW Annual Dinner, 4 Aug 2000.
The Social Origins of Health and Well-Being: From the Planetary to the Molecular, Opening Address to the Health Inequalities Research Collaboration, 10 Jul 2000.
The Sounds of Silence: Listening for ethical themes among those who do not speak, Christine Martin Oration, Australian Bioethics Association Conference, 5 Jul 2000.
Graduation Address, Charles Sturt University, Dubbo Campus, 22 Jun 2000.
Our public hospital system is obsolete, ASEANZ Forum Debate, 4 Jun 2000.
EBM and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Association of Regulatory and Clinical Scientists Conference, 30 May 2000
NSW College of Nursing Leadership Seminar, 24 May 2000
Launch of A Social Health Atlas of Australia (2nd Ed) and HealthWIZ Version 5 (National Social Health Database), 3 May 2000
Welcome, The 6th World Congress on Sleep Apnea, 13 Mar 2000
Challenges for Capacity Building, Presentation at the NSW Health Capacity Building Colloquium, 6 Mar 2000
Reality and Myths of an Ageing Population, Queensland Breakfast Forum Brisbane and Townsville, 1-3 Mar 2000
The Future of General Practice, Queensland Division of General Practice, 12 Feb 2000
Pharmacy Practice Foundation Governor's Dinner, 22 Nov 1999
Opening speech, 1999 Curriculum Conference
Showcase 99 - Dinner Address, 10 Nov 1999
Showcase 99 - Opening Speech, 9 Nov 1999
Dean's Annual Report to the Faculty, 4 Nov 1999
Opening the new Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine, Adventist Hospital, 2 Nov 1999
Active Ageing, Baringa Private Hospital, Coffs Harbour, 29-30 Oct 1999
Launch address: “General practice activity report, Australia 1998-9”, 29 Oct 1999
Future directions of the Medical Foundation - a Faculty of Medicine perspective, 3 Aug 1999
How you can help maintain the health of Medicare, Doctors Reform Society National Conference, Aug 1999.
The Challenges Facing the College of Health Sciences in relation to research , College of Health Sciences Symposium, 15-16 Jul 1999.
Tribute to Douglas William Piper, 12 June 1999.
The Characteristics of a Global University, Senate Colloquium, 6 Apr 1999
Graduation Address , UNSW, 4 Feb 1999
Social Capital and its Relevance to Health and Family Policy, Presentation at the Health and Family Services Policy Forum, 26 Oct 1998
From Cell to Society: Welcoming address, The College of Health Sciences and Medical Foundation Research Conference, Oct 1998
The Faculty of Medicine1998 Faculty Retreat, Welcoming remarks by the Dean, 15 Sep 1998
Community Medicine, Presentation to Mosman Rotary Club 17 Dec 1971

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