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Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology Nursing (Primary) Clinical Research Coordination — Type 1 Diabetes Studies Diabetes Education and Patient Self-Management Research Ethics, Governance and Clinical Data Management Nursing Education, Peer Review and Professional Practice A Credentialled Diabetes Educator and Clinical Research Nurse based in Brisbane, with a research nursing career dating back to 2003, primarily in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. She currently works as Personal Assistant to the Industry Professor Association (since April 2021). Previously, she was a Clinical Research Nurse with the Immune Tolerance Network (2017-2021), where she established the Brisbane site for the paediatric EXTEND study and randomised Australia's first paediatric participant. Before that, she was a Clinical Research Nurse at Mater Medical Research Institute (2015-2018), running the ENDIA study for children with a first-degree relative with diabetes, from prenatal contact through to sample collection. Earlier roles at Mater Health Services (2003-2015) spanned over a decade, including Clinical Nurse/Diabetes Educator at Royal Children's Hospital, Clinical Nurse in ENT Outpatients, and nearly eight years as Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. In that coordinator role, she managed Type 1 diabetes studies as Queensland study coordinator, developed early diabetes management plans that helped participants avoid hospital admission at diagnosis (contributing to roughly a 50% reduction in admissions or admission time), and reviewed growth hormone delivery devices to support patient treatment choices. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education from Deakin University (2003-2004) and certifications including Certified Pump Trainer, Occupational Health Nurses Forum, and Paediatric Nursing Program I & II. Her publications include work on immune activation markers in children at risk of Type 1 diabetes and a genome-wide association study identifying over 40 loci affecting Type 1 diabetes risk. Her core skills center on clinical research, paediatric nursing, and diabetes education, reflecting a long-standing focus on improving outcomes for children with diabetes and endocrine disorders.

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