I am a post-doctoral early career researcher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) with an interdisciplinary background in law and biomedical science with an emerging profile in socio-legal dementia research.

I hold a Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship to explore the potential of inclusive and innovative approaches so that people living with dementia become genuine voices in aged care improvement. Working within residential aged care facilities through participatory action research, I will collaborate with residents, care staff, and advocates to test innovative methods (visual tools, sensory approaches, alternative communication systems) to explore evidence-based, rights-informed resources for inclusive aged care consultation.

I am a member of the Law theme in the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) and I pursue my research through interdisciplinary and participatory collaborations. My overarching goal is to produce research that is not only rigorous and cited, but that creates real, measurable change in the lives of people with dementia in Australia.