Human Reproduction 2011

Dr Leslie Cannold

Monash Institute of Health Services

Dr Leslie Cannold is an author, commentator, ethicist and activist. Her books include the award-winning The Abortion Myth and What, No Baby? which made the Australian Financial Review’s top 101 books list. Her first novel, The Book of Rachael was published in 2011 by Text.

Leslie is an award-winning columnist, oft-noted as one of Australia’s leading thinkers. In 2005 she was listed alongside Professor Peter Singer, Professor Gustav Nossal and Inga Clendinnen as one of Australia’s top 20 public intellectuals. She was a finalist in the best science tweet contest for Science Week 2010 and in 2011 was voted Australian Humanist of the Year.

Leslie is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Monash Institute of Health Services Research and is a member of the Physiotherapy and Nursing & Midwifery Boards. She mentors young thinkers and writers through the Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers at the University of Melbourne and the Australian Society of Authors