I am a Project Officer at the Cancer Council of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia working on the Forgotten Cancers Project.
I am also studying the Masters of Public Health at the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne specialising in biostatistics and epidemiology.
Previously I've completed a Masters of Bioethics at the University of Sydney as well as a the Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, both at the University of Melbourne. In my undergraduate degrees I majored in Genetics and History & Philosophy of Science respectively.
As reported in the Guardian and many other news sources, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered 23andMe to “immediately discontinue” the marketing of a genetic screening service, after the company failed to send the agency information that supports its marketing claims.
The Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Jamkhed (CRHP), has been working among the rural poor and marginalized for over 40 years. CRHP works by mobilizing and building the capacity of communities to achieve access to comprehensive development and freedom from stigma, poverty and disease. Pioneering a comprehensive approach to primary community-based healthcare (also known as the […]