Experience

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  PMI Melbourne Chapter

  • Member Board of Directors

    • Jan 2023 - Present

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  Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Senior Project Manager - Strategy and Impact

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Designing and implementing organisational strategies for- Research impact- Internal and external communication- Fundraising- Organisational risk management

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  Movember

  • Australia
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Senior Project Manager, Biomedical Research

    • Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Project Manager - Global Action Plan

    • Oct 2015 - Feb 2020

    I project manage several of the Global Action Plans projects looking for better ways to detect different stages of prostate cancer (biomarker discovery). This involves:• Direct financial accountability for >AUD 5 million in project funding• Stakeholder management• Removal of logistic, legal and motivational obstacles to enable global collaborations across 8 countries• Team building in a remote work setting• Human-centred design thinking• Knowledge translationThe Movember Foundation has raised over AUD $1 billion for men’s health initiatives since 2003 and has been listed in the top 100 NGOs in the world by the Global Journal based on Impact, Innovation, Accountability and Efficiency.

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  Axxin

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Technical Writer / Documentation Adminstrator

    • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Project management:• Managing release of technical documentation and activity reports to customers• Managing release of customer input documentation to Axxin team.Technical Writing:• Determining technical documentation requirements for ongoing projects• Updating records to reflect design and production progress• Creation, review and release of project documents and reports.

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  Macmillan Science and Education

  • Developmental Editor (Freelance)

    • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

    - In depth content editing of scientific papers for structure, clarity, accuracy and persuasiveness- Specialising in immunology, infectious diseases and haematology

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  Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Project Officer

    • Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
    • Melbourne, Australia

    - Desktop research on information and statistics relating to medical research- Administration support for science advocacy and policy development

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  The Walter and Eliza Hall Insitute

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Postdoctoral Scientist

    • Jan 2008 - Nov 2014
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Operational streamlining and project management:Co-chair of Environmental Sustainability Committee (2011-2014) - identified projects combining environmental and economic benefits - set parameters for cost-saving building heating guidelines - defined environmental compliance issues for risk assessment and auditsPresident of the WEHI Postdoctoral Association (2010-2011) - improved postdoctoral representation at all levels of institute - revised constitution and voting procedures - briefing of institute director and committee chairs on postdoctoral issues - budget management and sponsorship recruitment for annual dinner with the directorAdvised on 5-year strategic plansConception and organisation of local and international research symposia and workshopsResearch projects:- Suppression of red cell production in human anaemia (design, monitoring and analysis of a major arm of a case-control study in Mozambique)- Transcriptional regulation of red cell development and immune pathology- Drug testing in an experimental model of malaria

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  MDC

  • Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine

  • Postdoctoral Scientist

    • Feb 2003 - 2007
    • Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine

    Thymus-independent B cell responses in CCR7-/- miceInfluence of chemokine receptors on Salmonella infection

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  European Journal of Immunology

  • Freiburg Area, Germany

  • Copy editor

    • 1994 - 1998
    • Freiburg Area, Germany

    • Editing of scientific manuscripts for spelling, grammar, consistency and journal style

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  BioPractice

  • Berlin Area, Germany

  • Copy editor

    • 1991 - 1992
    • Berlin Area, Germany

    • Editing of scientific manuscripts for spelling, grammar, consistency and journal style