Gillian Abel
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AlmamaterUniversity of Otago
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Doctoral advisorElisabeth Wells, Lisa Fitzgerald, Cheryl Brunton
Gillian Abel | |
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| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
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| Doctoral advisor | Elisabeth Wells, Lisa Fitzgerald, Cheryl Brunton |
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.
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. Her thesis was titled "Decriminalisation: A harm minimisation and human rights approach to regulating sex work".[2]
