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
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
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
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
4
4
|
2020 |
Open access
14
8
1
|
2019 |
Open access
35
20
28
|
2018 |
Open access
21
14
29
|
2017 |
Open access
15
12
2
|
2017 |
Open access
9
6
|
2016 |
Open access
14
10
15
|
2016 |
Open access
78
67
22
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention | UNITED STATES |
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 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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110483 - Citizen science mosquito surveillance: invasive species, data mining, and virus detection | Current |