Health and Medical Researcher (APD, PhD) delivering research programs which make a measurable impact on health and quality of life. Impact achieved through meaningful collaborations with health service, not-for-profits, professional associations, consumers, government, and industry. In addition to my appointment as Associate Professor at Deakin University, I provide health and medical research consultancy to clinicians and health-related organizations. Leader, mentor, and supervisor to highly skilled multidisciplinary teams and PhD candidates with demonstrated ability to inspire quality, inclusivity, integrity, and collective ambition. Experienced in research governance, risk, finance, recruitment, and strategy. Advancing the agenda for high impact research and development through 14-years of appointments to professional, educational, and research boards, committees, and subcommittees as member through to chair.Creative problem solver, lateral thinker, concluder-producer. Big picture thinker- practical implementer.Research focus in ageing nutrition, cancer care, integrative medicine, and rural health systems. Special interest in patient- and family carer-centred health care via partnering with people with lived experience in meaningful co-design.>$4M in research funding.PhD supervision (completed): Megan Crichton (Integrative oncology). PhD supervision (current): Helena Rodi (Cancer control), Sherry Tang (Integrative nutrition in surgery), Ann Zhang (Integrative oncology), Molly Warner (Co-design in gastroenterology).