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I'm a public health researcher with a background in infectious disease epidemiology, viral evolution, and molecular diagnostics. I'm currently a CIHR & Michael Smith Foundation for Health & Medical Research funded Health System Impact postdoctoral fellow working across a number of research projects around 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, incarceration, 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. I obtained my Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2017, and my thesis research was supervised by Prof Greg Dore, Prof Jason Grebely & Dr Tanya Applegate at the Kirby Institute.
It was serendipitous that I ended up working mainly on hepatitis C virus research, since my dad was diagnosed with this infection in 1998. Dad thinks he most likely acquired hep C infection as a result of injecting drugs or being in prison during his younger years, and he had probably been living with hep C for at least 30 years when he received treatment and cleared the virus in 2015. The impact my dad's hep C diagnosis had on my family is similar to the story I've heard from a lot of other people, including experiencing stigma, fear and shame. My personal experience has given me a lot of empathy and insight in to the complex and intertwined factors related to hep C, and it is a motivation for me to work towards elimination of hep C, not just in Australia and Canada, but throughout the world.
I am a passionate advocate and supporter of diversity, inclusion, and equity and I'm the Co-Founder and 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 a public health researcher with a background in infectious disease epidemiology, viral evolution, and molecular diagnostics. I'm currently a CIHR & Michael Smith Foundation for Health & Medical Research funded Health System Impact postdoctoral fellow working across a number of research projects around 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, incarceration, 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. I obtained my Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2017, and my thesis research was supervised by Prof Greg Dore, Prof Jason Grebely & Dr Tanya Applegate at the Kirby Institute.
It was serendipitous that I ended up working mainly on hepatitis C virus research, since my dad was diagnosed with this infection in 1998. Dad thinks he most likely acquired hep C infection as a result of injecting drugs or being in prison during his younger years, and he had probably been living with hep C for at least 30 years when he received treatment and cleared the virus in 2015. The impact my dad's hep C diagnosis had on my family is similar to the story I've heard from a lot of other people, including experiencing stigma, fear and shame. My personal experience has given me a lot of empathy and insight in to the complex and intertwined factors related to hep C, and it is a motivation for me to work towards elimination of hep C, not just in Australia and Canada, but throughout the world.
I am a passionate advocate and supporter of diversity, inclusion, and equity and I'm the Co-Founder and 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.
