Hello!

I’m a a social researcher, educator, and facilitator with expertise in health, society, technology and food.

As a medical anthropologist and ethnographic researcher, I work on complex topics that sit between fields and sectors, including obesity, diabetes, food systems, cybernetics, endometriosis, global health, health technology, and the anti-inflammatory diet. You can find my research outputs in my online library.

As an educator, I’m most at home teaching students how to make sense of complex topics and wrangle multiple perspectives with rigour, creativity, and a bit of a sense of humour. This has included teaching into the University of Oxford’s Human Sciences and Medicine undergraduate degrees and Medical Anthropology masters program, as well as the Master of Applied Cybernetics at ANU. It has also included mentoring recipients of the Tuckwell Scholarship and General Sir John Monash Scholarship programs, as well as designing and delivering vibrant research-infused learning experiences, including corporate training programs, government policy, and public art exhibitions.

As a facilitator, I work best with cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral and/or cross-generational groups who seek ways to collaborate to make something new. I’ve designed and delivered academic conferences, as well as workshops for Australian federal government departments, Future Foundations, the International Olympic Committee, and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

As a senior policy analyst in the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, I worked on projects that spanned multiple government departments and agencies, such as women’s safety, innovation, capacity building, technology procurement, and cyber security. You won’t see my name listed as an author, but my online library contains links to any publicly-released works our Project Office team completed.

As a colleague, I am open, honest, and committed to my team. I have a deep sense of community, having grown up in the Aussie countryside, and I like to infuse complexity, creativity, curiosity, and care into my work.