Dr. Gabrielle Wolf

Biography

Gabrielle Wolf is a Professor at the Faculty of Law at Monash University. She joined the faculty in 2025 after a decade at Deakin University, where she served as Director of Teaching and Course Director for the Bachelor's and Juris Doctor programs, significantly contributing to curriculum development, particularly in contract law. Gabrielle's research focuses on health law, specifically the regulation of health practitioners, public health law, health records, legal history, and sentencing law. She has co-authored a significant publication, 'COVID-19, Law & Regulation: Rights, Freedoms, Obligations Pandemic' with Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton (Oxford University Press, 2023) and has another notable book, 'Make Australian: APG, Pram Factory New Wave Theatre' (Currency Press, 2008). Gabrielle has published nearly 50 articles in leading academic journals and frequently presents her research at conferences to academic audiences. In 2025, Gabrielle and her colleagues received a grant from the Sir Wilfred Brookes Charitable Foundation and have been involved in several significant projects, including a major research initiative focused on the legal entitlements of doctors from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Gabrielle is also recognized for her contributions to academia, having received the Deakin University Faculty of Business and Law Award for Research and Innovation in 2023 and the Vice-Chancellor’s Mid-Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence in 2019. Additionally, she serves as an editor of the 'Legal Issues' section in the Journal of Law and Medicine and is an elected committee member of the Medical History Society of Victoria.

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