About me

A paediatrician by training, she has helped develop the field of adolescent health, both nationally and internationally. She is the current president of the International Association for Adolescent Health. Nationally, she was instrumental in establishing the Royal Australasian College of Physician's committee on adolescent health and was its inaugural chairman from 2002-2007. This work established the framework that led to the accreditation of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine as a specialist field of medical practice in Australia. She currently chairs the RACP Advanced Training Committee in Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine (2019-). Her research interests focus on health services for adolescents, with interests in health care quality, developmentally appropriate models of care (eg transition to adult health care) and chronic disease management in adolescence. She has expertise in both quantitiative and qualitative research methods.