17 December 2020

Hitting the ground running

Dr Lesley Russell
Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney

Joe Biden’s team inherits a country deeply divided by the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus, writes USSC non-resident fellow Lesley Russell for Inside Story.

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Dr Lesley Russell
Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney
Dr Lesley Russell was previously a non-resident fellow at the United States Studies Centre. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney.

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