Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Higgins, Victoria, 2022. Retired prior to general elections 2025.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 26.10.2022 to 12.9.2023.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Procedure served from 28.7.2022 to 28.3.2025; Health, Aged Care and Sport served from 28.7.2022 to 28.3.2025
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 28.7.2022 to 28.3.2025

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Personal

• Born: 10.12.1972, London, England
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MBBS (Hons) (University of Sydney).
• PhD (University of Melbourne).
• Medical Doctor from January 2009 to August 2022.
• Research Fellow from 2019 to 2020.
• Statistical and Methods Reviewer from July 2019 to August 2022.
• Associate Professor from November 2020 to February 2021.
• Associate Editor from January 2021.

Electorate

• Name: Higgins
• Location: The Division of Higgins consists of: part of the Boroondara City Council, part of the Glen Eira City Council, part of the Monash City Council, and part of the Stonnington City Council.
• Area: 41 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 111,013 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Retail, health care, food services and education.

Honours

• Translating Research into Practice Fellowship by the Medical Research Future Fund, 2019.

Publications

• Hearing the Voices of Australian Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic, BMJ Leader, 2020.
• Consensus Guidelines for Antifungal Stewardship, Surveillance and Infection Prevention, Internal Medicine Journal, 2021.
• When Azoles Cannot Be Used: The Clinical Effectiveness of Intermittent Liposomal Amphotericin Prophylaxis in Hematology Patients, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021.