James Gillespie is the Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Associate Professor in Health Policy and Sub Dean for Higher Degree Research in the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia.

His research interests focus on the policy implications of the growing burden of chronic illness. He is a lead investigator on an evaluation of Partners in Recovery, a national mental health care integration project. A team based at the Menzies Centre and the Brain and Mind Research Institute is evaluating PIR in Western and Inner Western Sydney regions. Other work on chronic illness and care integration has included the National Health and Medical Research Council funded Serious and Continuing Illness Policy and Practice Study (SCIPPS), and the Care Navigation study, using an RCT and qualitative methods to evaluate new models of chronic care management between hospital and community. He is the author of Making Medicare: the Politics of Universal Health Care in Australia (UNSW Press 2013).

Jim's work on the history of international health has focused on relations between institutions, national and international politics. He has published on the development of international agencies and health programs. He is currently working on the historical antecedents of universal health coverage as a global objective.