Director of Nursing + Pathways Telehealth Nurse (Triage)

• Nov 2012 - Present

Pathways Telehealth Nurse service (previously known as CCDR Patient Support Services) Pathways Telehealth Nurse service (previously known as CCDR Patient Support Services)

National Gender Equality in Health Leadership Committee

• Sep 2021 - Present

Registered Nurse: Various and varied roles (Sydney, NSW and Cincinnati, Ohio)

• Mar 1998 - Present

• Nov 2012 - Present

The Centre for Community-Driven Research (CCDR) is a non-profit organisation that I established in 2012 to bring much needed change to the way we think about community engagement in health and research. CCDR currently have offices in Australia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom with a goal of driving a more person-centric health sector. Our flagship program is called Personal Experience, Expectations and Knowledge (PEEK) where we acknowledge the expertise of patients and are building a repository of patient experience data and public reports. We are building patient organisation networks in 18 countries and conduct pilot projects to test new ways of implementing community-based health programs. Through CCDR, I developed the Pathways Telehealth nurse program providing health system navigation support to our most vulnerable patients. Show less

• Nov 2015 - Apr 2019

Pancreatic Cancer Support Australia is a support service for pancreatic cancer patients and family members in Australia. Patients and their families can access a registered nurse to help them navigate the health system, access information about treatment, care and emerging research. We also support nurses working in the field through peer support and education opportunities. PCSA was hosted and governed by the Centre for Community-Driven Research and folded into the Patient Pathways program in 2019. Show less

Board Member

• Jun 2019 - Jun 2022

Lecturer, Public Health and Health Promotion

• 2011 - Nov 2013

Head, Policy and Strategy

• Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

The Kinghorn Cancer Centre is Australia’s first, dedicated research and clinical care centre for personalised cancer medicine. The Kinghorn Cancer Centre is Australia’s first, dedicated research and clinical care centre for personalised cancer medicine.

Head, Research Strategy

• Nov 2008 - Nov 2011

Administration and Operations, Office of the Chief Operating Officer

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2008

GAVI Alliance is a public-private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunisation in poor countries. GAVI brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry in both industrialised and developing countries, research and technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private philanthropists. GAVI Alliance is a public-private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunisation in poor countries. GAVI brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry in both industrialised and developing countries, research and technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private philanthropists.

Policy and Executive Assistant, United Nations and Specialised Agencies. (Health and human rights)

• Nov 2005 - Oct 2007

The Australian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is one of five posts (along with diplomatic missions in New York, Vienna, Rome and Nairobi) representing Australia's interests in the UN system. The UN’s operations in Geneva cover a vast spectrum, and many UN bodies and specialised agencies are based in Geneva. This includes the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Show less

Program Coordinator, Slave Labour and Medical Injury

• Nov 2001 - Dec 2004

The German Forced Labour Compensation Programme was established in 2000; a forced labour fund paid out more than 4.37 billion euros to close to 1.7 million of then-living victims around the world. My role was in relation to victims of medical experiments and slave labour. The German Forced Labour Compensation Programme was established in 2000; a forced labour fund paid out more than 4.37 billion euros to close to 1.7 million of then-living victims around the world. My role was in relation to victims of medical experiments and slave labour.