Gillian Abel
Gillian Abel is a New Zealand public health researcher and as of 2021 head of the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago in Christchurch.
Gillian Abel | |
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| Alma mater | University of Otago |
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| Institutions | University of Otago |
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Academic career
After a receiving a diploma from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, Abel moved to New Zealand in 1997 to work at the University of Otago.[1] She graduated from Otago in 2010 with a PhD titled "Decriminalisation: A harm minimisation and human rights approach to regulating sex work".[2]
Throughout her career, her research has focussed on sex work, but also includes vulnerable youth. She has contributed to policy making in New Zealand.[3]
In December 2019 Abel was promoted to full professor in the Department of Population Health at Otago with effect from 1 February 2020.[3] She is also head of the Department.[1]
Selected publications
Books
- Abel, Gillian; Fitzgerald, Lisa; Healy, Catherine; Taylor, Aline, eds. (2010), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation, Policy Press, ISBN 978-1-84742-335-1
- Armstrong, Lynzi; Abel, Gillian, eds. (2020), Sex work and the New Zealand model: Decriminalisation and social change (1st ed.), Bristol University Press, ISBN 978-1-5292-0577-0
Journal articles
- Gillian Abel; Lee Thompson (29 May 2017). ""I don't want to look like an AIDS victim": A New Zealand case study of facial lipoatrophy". Health & Social Care in the Community. 26 (1): 41–47. doi:10.1111/HSC.12459. ISSN 0966-0410. PMID 28557181. Wikidata Q38557544.
- Gillian Abel (30 August 2018). "Decriminalisation of sex work protects human rights". The BMJ. 362: k3630. doi:10.1136/BMJ.K3630. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 30166284. Wikidata Q91238191.
- Christina McKerchar; Moira Smith; Ryan Gage; Jonathan A. Williman; Gillian Abel; Cameron Lacey; Clíona Ní Mhurchú; Louise Signal (18 July 2020). "Kids in a Candy Store: An Objective Analysis of Children's Interactions with Food in Convenience Stores". Nutrients. 12 (7). doi:10.3390/NU12072143. ISSN 2072-6643. PMID 32708485. Wikidata Q97688893.
References
- "Professor Gillian Abel". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- Abel, Gillian (2010). Decriminalisation: A harm minimisation and human rights approach to regulating sex work (PDF). Dunedin, New Zealand. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.