Leech oversees the delivery of the Monash medical program and maintains an active research profile and clinical practice as a rheumatologist.
Leech completed her PhD at Monash University's Centre for Inflammatory Diseases and the Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians training program in 2000.
[4] She has served on a number of National Rheumatology Advisory Boards, including Janssen-Cilag, Novartis, Abbvie, UCB, Cortical and MSD.
[5] Her research interests are focused on cytokine biology, glucocorticoid action and cell cycle proteins in the context of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis.
[2] Her most cited papers are: As of June 2024[update], Leech is a Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University, Nursing and Health Sciences.