Posts byDr Lisa Studdert

Dr Lisa Studdert is Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health. She joined the Department in June 2013 as a First Assistant Secretary in the Therapeutic Goods Administration, and has gone on to lead the Population Health, Sport and Cancer Group.  She has worked in the office of Minister Greg Hunt and prior to that, as Chief of Staff to former Health Minister, Sussan Ley.  In 2011, Lisa was a member of the senior leadership team at the Australian National Preventive Health Agency and previously worked for nearly 20 years with the Asian Development Bank, UN Agencies and the former AusAID.  She is a PhD graduate of Cornell University.