Background

Mary is a final year postgraduate medical student at Monash University with a keen interest in public health. She completed an Honours year at the Burnet with the Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health Group in 2022 working on a qualitative project: Exploring healthcare providers' experiences of delivering abortion care at 20 weeks and over in Victoria. She also undertook a research placement with Cochrane Australia in 2017 working on systematic reviews.

Additionally, Mary has work and teaching experience in public health as a Public Health Officer at the Victorian Department of Health and a Teaching Associate at Monash University. She is particularly passionate about sexual and reproductive health issues and hopes to work in research and public health in the future.

Qualifications

• 2022: Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours), Monash University, Australia
• 2019-ongoing: Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine, Monash University, Australia
• 2016-2018: Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Scholars Program), Monash University, Australia

Positions

• 2023-ongoing: Research Assistant, Global Women’s and Newborn’s Health Group, Burnet Institute
• 2022-ongoing: Teaching Associate, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
• 2020-2022: Public Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health

Awards

• 2022: Burnet Institute Honours Student Professional Development Award
• 2017: Public Health Online Engagement Award, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
• 2016: Exemplary Professional Conduct Award, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University