Catherine is a Registered Nurse and holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) and Master of Nursing (Research). She has over 36 years nursing experience working in rural acute, community and residential care settings. In 2014 she was awarded the New South Wales (NSW) Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery - Judith Meppem Lifetime Achievement Award. Catherine is the nursing representative on the Greater Western Human Research Committee, NSW, Australia and has been a Quality Systems Assessor with the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission since 2012. Catherine is passionate about improving quality and systems of care, particularly for vulnerable older adults.
Original Research 15 June 2016
Community water fluoridation and child dental caries in remote NT
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Prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in southern Brazil
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Community events to increase uptake of Indigenous-specific health assessments
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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