Big ideas, real impact.

Co-design, Collaboration + Community Engagement leading to real world change.

My research has been cited >7,800 times, h-index = 38 (Google Scholar) in academic literature, and >60 times in policy documents across 13 countries. I have lived and worked in 3 countries with collaborators across 5 continents. As an impact specialist, I’m focused on how systems are designed and how programs and services deliver (or not) on what they aim to achieve.

Recent Projects

The Palgrave Handbook of Mental Health Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa (2025) authors include mental health practitioners from across Sub-Saharan Africa who were part of a 2019 international mental health program held in Brisbane, Australia and Cape Town, South Africa. The chapters of the book cover a broad range of clinical, developmental, geographic, and practice topics relevant to practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa and those seeking new perspectives in global mental health.

Cover page of a book titled 'Cultural Safety in Health: Professional Practice, Pedagogy & Research' with a QR code and list of authors.

Cultural Safety in Health: Professional Practice, Pedagogy & Research (2025)
is an Open Access undergraduate teaching textbook launched in 2025 and integrated into a range of undergraduate courses for future health professionals. The book aims to provide health students, their educators and practicing health professionals with an in-depth understanding of cultural safety and guidance on developing the key skills required to ensure culturally safe and respectful care in diverse health professions.