Welcome to my homepage; I use this website to collate my work, as well as network and connect with collaborators. 

I'm a public health researcher with a background in data science, viral evolution and infectious disease epidemiology. I'm also a founding Director of the Australian registered charity Grass Skirt Project Ltd, whom I help to develop innovative community driven projects, delivering improved health and social outcomes for people in Papua New Guinea.

I'm currently a CIHR & Michael Smith Foundation for Health & Medical Research funded Health System Impact postdoctoral fellow doing multidisciplinary research on viral hepatitis, HIV and other transmissible infections at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control & University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. I also have an adjunct appointment at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales  in Sydney, Australia. 

My program of research is broadly public health focused, and seeks to address gaps in knowledge around viral hepatitis, HIV, injecting drug use, and the co-occurrence of these conditions, that have the potential to inform public health policy and health programming, while also advancing the rights and the health of marginalized people. The scope of my research and work experience covers basic science (viral evolution, phylogenetics, molecular diagnostics, and antiviral drug resistance), epidemiology (infectious disease surveillance, screening, transmission, and treatment effects), and public health (population level data-linkage, impacts of public health programming/policy on health equity and health outcomes). 

Please visit the 'Connect' page to get in touch with me or the 'About' page to learn more about me and my story.

I love networking, talking about science, and communicating my research, and am able to tailor presentations to any audience. Some examples of talks and presentations I have previously done are;

• Presenting current research and statistics on hepatitis C virus to front line workers and community groups
• Presenting research or explaining scientific concepts to lay audiences e.g. FameLab & Splendour in the Grass inaugural 'Science Tent' in 2017
• Presenting my research results at scientific and clinical conferences
• Speaking to students about pursuing careers in science and research  
• Delivering guest lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate university courses

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