I am a Research Associate in the UniSA STEM. My research is focused on environmental health issues and I am currently working with the NHMRC-funded Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) network.
Prior to the position at UniSA, I worked with the Victorian Department of Health in Victorian wastewater surveillance program for SARS-CoV-2, which is a part of a national Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 (ColoSSoS) project. My main role was to undertake an epidemiological analysis of wastewater in Melbourne and across Victoria, providing intelligence on Covid-19 levels and its variants and associated public health risks to help the Department and the State with decision-making.
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About me
I am a Research Associate in the UniSA STEM. My research is focused on environmental health issues and I am currently working with the NHMRC-funded Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) network.
Prior to the position at UniSA, I worked with the Victorian Department of Health in Victorian wastewater surveillance program for SARS-CoV-2, which is a part of a national Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 (ColoSSoS) project. My main role was to undertake an epidemiological analysis of wastewater in Melbourne and across Victoria, providing intelligence on Covid-19 levels and its variants and associated public health risks to help the Department and the State with decision-making.
My background is in environmental health and I completed a PhD at Flinders University studying human zoonotic parasites and advocating for One Health and environmental health approach to control them.
About me
Environmental Health Australia, 2015 - present
Royal Society of South Australia - 2024 - present
HEAL EMCR Steering Committee - 2024 - present
One Health Committee, Adelaide University - 2024 - present
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Master of Environmental Health Flinders University
Bachelor of Environmental Health Flinders University
Senior Surveillance Coordinator on the "SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance" program, Sep 2021 - June 2023, Victorian Department of Health
Team Lead in Covid-19 contact tracing, Aug 2020 - Sep 2021, Victorian Depatment of Health
Casual academic teacher, Feb 2017 - Dec 2020, Flinders University
Research Officer on the project investigating "Iron-clogging issues in the Limestone Coast region in South Australia", July 2019 - Dec 2019, Flinders University
Reserach Assistant on the project looking at "Activating community resilience during emergency response", July 2019-Dec 2019, Flinders University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
The health of tank-stored rainwater in South Australian houses, Royal Society of South Australia - Small Research Grant, 23/09/2024 - 23/09/2025
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
8
7
|
| 2020 |
Open access
16
15
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
41
38
28
|
| 2018 |
Open access
23
14
29
|
| 2017 |
Open access
16
14
2
|
| 2017 |
Open access
9
4
|
| 2016 |
Open access
16
11
15
|
| 2016 |
Open access
90
84
18
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Centres for Disease Control and Prevention | UGANDA |
| Federation University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Innovative Groundwater Solutions | AUSTRALIA |
| James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Limestone Coast Local Government Association | AUSTRALIA |
| Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation | AUSTRALIA |
| QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 110483 - Citizen science mosquito surveillance: invasive species, data mining, and virus detection | Current |
