Leanne Houston

Lecturer

BAppSc (Syd), LLB(Hons) (UTS), GradCertLegPrac (UTS), LLM (Syd), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW

Academic Profile

Leanne Houston joined the Faculty of Law in 2003, having taught sessionally from 2000. Before joining the Faculty full-time, Leanne worked as an Associate at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Sydney. Prior to studying law, Leanne was a senior medical radiation scientist in the MRI and CT scan departments at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick.

Leanne's primary research interests are in health care law, with a particular interest in the role of imaging technology and the legal implications that may arise due to technological advancements. Areas of interest, in particular, involve the use of ultrasound, MRI, mammograms and CT scans.

Leanne is also a volunteer solicitor for the UTS Community Law Centre, Kuring-Gai campus and Editor, Halsbury's Laws of Australia - Law and Medicine.

Current Research Activities

Taxation implications for the non-profit sector (in collaboration with the Centre for Community Management, Faculty of Business,  UTS)

MRI/PET technology and legal implications

The regulation of ultrasound scans

Consent issues and CT Scans

Consent and mammograms

Increasing violence directed at the health care sector and the OHS implications

Recent Publications & Conference Papers

"Legal Implications of Imaging Technology", ALTA Conference, Melbourne, 2006

"Footwear Marks and Interpretation Short Course", UTS Centre for Forensic Science, February 2006.

"Full Body Scanning-Legal and Ethical Implications", NSW Medical Imaging Nurses Association, Sydney, October 2005

"Negligence Issues in Radiology", NSW Medical Imaging Nurses Association, Sydney, May 2005

"First Aid Legal Issues", EHS Department, UTS, 2004.