What is your favourite thing about your role?
The diversity that any one day can bring – you can be out recruiting patients in the morning, analysing data, meeting with the team or giving a talk, all in one day!
What are you working on at the moment?
Two main things at the moment; 1) a data linkage in Victoria to map a cardiac patients journey from inpatient through to cardiac rehabilitation attendance – this hasn’t been done for 20 years! And 2) a co-designed patient education and transition of care website for cardiac patients and their families, called “HeartPath+”
Why is this project especially interesting or important to you?
I love the diversity of both projects – working on the data linkage enables us to see the big picture of cardiac patient journeys in Victoria and then the contrast of working with patients and families on co-design and being able to spend time with them understanding their experiences and journey.
What do you like most about SOLVE-CHD?
It’s been fabulous to be involved in SOLVE-CHD – such an amazing network of lovely people doing good work. That’s the dream – doing important work with good people! And they are always fun to dance with on any conference dance floor!
What is a recent achievement you’re proud of?
Being recognised as leading the consumer work within my team at Monash Uni – my team is predominantly quantitative (and includes large cardiac registries) but hopefully I demonstrate the importance of qualitative data, in addition to building a consumer registry that we can tap into for all our projects.
What do you like to do outside of research?
I love being outside in my slowing evolving garden, with my toddler! We hang out weeding, collecting caterpillars, watering the plants – it’s the best being outside in nature!
