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Melbourne, Australia

Australia has among the highest incidence rates internationally of asbestos-related cancer. This is a particularly challenging research area due to the often poor prognosis following an asbestos cancer diagnosis and the lag time of up to 50 years between first asbestos exposure and disease occurrence. Working in a multidisciplinary translational research context, I am developing and implementing epidemiological research that aims to accurately measure the asbestos cancer trajectory in Australia and identify factors associated with improved prognosis.Key responsibilities: developing and leading epidemiological research projects to better understand the incidence and survival of malignant mesothelioma in Australia with the overall aim of prevention of asbestos-related disease. Key achievements: leading and publishing a descriptive epidemiological study of trends in incidence and survival for malignant mesothelioma in Australia over a 30-year period.Selected projects in progress: measurement of secondary primary cancers among those with a primary malignant mesothelioma; international comparison of age-specific trends in malignant pleural mesothelioma; measurements of incidence and trends of lung cancer in Australia; socio-demographic disparities in malignant mesothelioma treatment in New South Wales.

Melbourne, Australia

Sustainability Victoria will be delivering household energy efficiency and warmth retrofits for up to 1000 households in Victoria specifically targeting lower-income people with complex care health needs. Public investment in household energy efficiency and warmth has the potential to lead to health improvements in the population. Establishing the evidence base for these health benefits for Victorians is a key focus of this role. Key responsibilities • Leading and project managing research and evaluation to inform the program design and evaluation of the Healthy Homes program. • Providing research that supports the design and evaluation of the project.• Establishing and contract managing the program’s evaluation and research contracts.• Establishing baseline evaluation data to measure the key efficiency benefits of the program.

Melbourne, Australia

Camperdown Campus And The Cancer Institute Of Nsw

Key responsibilities: lead and contribute to cancer epidemiology and health services research projects in New South Wales in collaboration with the Cancer Institute NSW, with a focus on asbestos-related diseases.Key achievements: first and co authorship of several scientific publications; leading ethics review process for several data linkage studies.

Wellington, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: test the feasibility of using health administrative data for the measurement of health service quality measures.Key achievements: documentation of health quality measures including the strengths and weaknesses of different measures.

Wellington, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: leading and contributing to social and cancer epidemiological research on cancer survival trends in New Zealand.Key achievements: first authorship on joint University of Otago and Ministry of Health report on cancer survival trends; completion of Ph.D.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Key responsibilities: develop training materials for the WHO’s efforts to systematically consider the environmental impacts of health sector activities.Key achievements: development and co-delivery of training program for WHO African region staff on new WHO environmental impact screening tools; contribution to an international meeting on health impact assessment including academic review of papers received.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: planning and leading health impact assessment capacity building activities in New Zealand including working across the health and non-health sectors.Key achievements: developing strategic relationships with central government agencies to promote health impact assessment; leading training for the Samoan New Zealand Ministry of Health on local ways to use health impact assessment methods.

Wellington, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: monitoring and reporting on the implementation of New Zealand’s cancer control strategy. Key achievements: leading the content for the first activity monitoring report associated with New Zealand’s cancer control strategy.

Rome, Italy

Key responsibilities: provision of technical input on capacity building activities relating to health impact assessment in new EU member countries.Key achievements: publication of technical and meeting reports associated with the EU-funded capacity building activities for health impact assessment.

Auckland, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: provision of policy advice to the senior management team and external agencies on public health and sustainable development in the Auckland region.Key achievements: technical member of the Auckland regional land transport strategy group; leading New Zealand’s inaugural public health law conference; leading the development of an outcomes-based framework for public health services contracting in the Auckland region.

Auckland, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: provision of policy advice to the Ministry of Health on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.Key achievements: supporting the Executive Director in Parliamentary briefings; drafting text for the national HIV action plan.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Key responsibilities: provision of policy advice on various public health and health policy issues.Key achievements: lead analyst on guidelines for statutory health officers on the use of public health powers to detain a person likely to cause public health risk; coordination of Cabinet processes for the statutory appointment of members to the Health Research Council of New Zealand; coordination of high-risk Official Information Act requests.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Public Health

My PhD topic focused on measuring ethnic and socioeconomic trends in cancer survival across 21 cancer sties for people diagnosed in New.

Master’S Degree, Master Of Public Health

My research dissertation focused on the relationship between health and sustainable development policy frameworks in New Zealand.