With a background in international public health and medical anthropology, Stephanie has amassed extensive experience in international project management, humanitarian aid, and disaster preparedness and response across the Pacific, South Asian, and East African regions. Her primary interests lie in health system strengthening for health emergency preparedness and response, disaster resilience, workforce development, and fostering partnerships to support these endeavours.

Following her tenure with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Stephanie joined the Burnet Institute in 2013. There, she played a role in facilitating Ebola response training for medical responders in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and Red R Australia. Subsequently, Stephanie served as a Delegate with the International Committee of the Red Cross, worked on a medical education initiative in the Solomon Islands, and oversaw various activities under the DFAT Australian Humanitarian Partnerships. In 2020, she assumed the role of Burnet Health Emergencies Working Group Program Manager, focusing on projects such as COMBAT-AMR aimed at mitigating antimicrobial resistance in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Region.

In her current capacity as the Burnet Global Health Emergencies Specialist within the Pacific Infectious Disease Working Group, Stephanie continues to provide invaluable project management support while contributing technical expertise to the development and execution of initiatives centered on health system fortification and resilience for outbreak detection and response.