I am an academic in the Department of Pathology, UNSW Medicine and a medical researcher at the Viral Immunology Systems Program (VISP), Kirby Institute, UNSW focussing on neglected tropical diseases and emerging viral infections.

I am the Presiding Member (Chair) of Human Research Ethics at UNSW, and a member of the higher degree research review panel at Kirby Institute. I was also the former Secretary of the Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (2021-2024). In other roles, I am an associate editor for BMC Infectious Diseases (formerly), Cochrane Clinical Answers, Systematic Reviews, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and Frontiers in Education, and a Cochrane author affiliated to the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group. I am a clinician trained in Internal Medicine and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom. As an educator, I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy of United Kingdom and my teaching portfolio can be accessed here.

My research program is affiliated to the Viral Immunology Systems Program of Kirby Institute. Current projects focus on emerging viral  (Dengue, Zika, Hepatitis C, SARS-nCoV-2), and other tropical infections (Q fever and Rickettsial infections, leptospirosis, malaria). Our work extends from basic laboratory research to clinical research and translation, and evidence synthesis to improve the diagnosis and treatment of tropical infections.