I am the Senior Executive of Research at St Vincent's Hospital, I’m responsible for clinical research strategy, business development and research administration. I lead a dynamic team dedicated to providing innovative solutions to facilitate health and medical research, which includes the Research Valet® Service, St Vincent’s Bridge™ program linking clinicians and industry. My team is leading the sector initiative building the Victorian Clinical Trials Gateway™ web portal aiming to attract new clinical trials to Victoria.

I also teach the subject, Research Development and Translation, within the Grad Dip and Masters of Clinical Research program, which looks at the processes involved in planning clinical research projects from proposal development right through to translation.

Australia continues to be a competitive and attractive clinical research destination with the ongoing support by the Australian Government and concerted effort from the Australian medtech and biotech sector. To remain a competitive destination for clinical trials, Australia needs to increase skills in the clinical research sector to meet the demands of the projected growth.  This program helps to address that shortage of skilled clinical research staff by providing students with a structured program that teaches the essentials required to succeed in this industry.