I obtained my Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Technology) from  WAIT in 1980 and worked in predominantly branch laboratories in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

I obtained a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine from JCU and developed an interest in training students in diagnostic pathology. I was invited to join the University of Tasmania as a fixed-term lecturer in the School of Medicine and then I joined CQU as a sessional academic then part-time lecturer before 'retiring' from diagnostic pathology to join  full-time as Head of Course for Medical Laboratory Science.

Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin university)

James Cook University

University of Tasmania, School of Medicine, Hobart

CQUniversity Australia, School of Medical and Applied Sciences

Australian Institute of Medical Scientists Rural/Remote Scientist of the Year, 2016

University of Tasmania, School of Medicine, Hobart

I worked as a Medical Laboratory Scientist and Laboratory Manager in Western Australia, the Norther Territory and Queensland between 1981 and 2017 before becoming a full-time academic.

Member, Australian Institute of Medical Scientists

Member, Australian Society for Microbiology

Member, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine

Head of Course, Medical Laboratory Science

Diagnostic Pathology and education of Medical Laboratory Scientists

The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, Regional/Remote Scientist of the Year, 2016

Certified Medical Scientist, Australian Council for the Certification of the Medical Laboratory Scientific Workforce (ACCMLSW) 2020