Don’t underestimate Obama

28 January 2010

Dr Lesley Russell
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

Inside Story

2010 could be even tougher for Barack Obama, but things could turn around quickly, writes Lesley Russell.

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Dr Lesley Russell
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
Lesley Russell was a former Research Associate of the US Studies Centre. Russell is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. Russell has substantial experience working in health policy in the United States and Australia, both in and out of government. Previously, she was the inaugural Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney, and a Policy Advisor to Julia Gillard in her role as Federal Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives.

First published

28 January 2010

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