Background

Freya joined Burnet Institute in March 2020 as Lead Policy Officer with EC Australia. Her role is to support EC Australia to translate knowledge into policy and advocate for health system changes to achieve elimination of hepatitis C. Prior to joining Burnet Institute, Freya worked at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and Carers NSW.

Positions

• Current: Lead Policy Officer, EC Australia, Burnet Institute
• 2019-2020: Policy Officer, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
• 2016-2019: Policy and Development Officer, Carers NSW
• 2016: Intern, World Health Organization
• 2016: Intern, Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
• 2013-2014: Research Assistant, George Institute for Global Health

Qualifications

• 2015: Master of Research (Anthropology), Macquarie University, Australia
• 2013: Bachelor of Health, Macquarie University, Australia

Projects (3)

Current (2)

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  Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia Partnership: EC Australia

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  Hepatitis C brief reports

Past (1)

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  EC Australia: The vital missing link to eliminating hepatitis C

Publications (2)

2018 (1)

• Caring for a family member or friend with dementia at the end of life: A scoping review and implications for palliative care practice.
  Timothy R Broady, Freya Saich, Tom Hinton
  Palliat Med. 2018 Mar; 32(3):643-656

2015 (1)

• Feasibility and acceptability of orientation and mobility instructors delivering the LiFE fall prevention program to older people with vision impairments,
  Keay, L., Saich, F., Clemson, L Lisa Keay, Freya Saich, Lindy Clemson, Lisa Middlemiss, Jacqueline Johnson, Haley Tumanik, Jessica Taylor, Joanne Munro, Ewa Borkowski, Frances Tinsley
  Int J Orient Mobil. 2015 Jan; 7(1):22-33