Last updated 23 June 2025.
eEVs for AONs
This project aims to explore the use of engineered Extracellular Vesicles (eEVs) as delivery vehicles for Antisense Oligonucleotides (AONs). My role is to investigate how these loaded eEVs can be moved (or accelerated) through the regulatory approval and health technology pipeline.
Reconsidering the ‘Regulatory Soup’: Leveraging Australia’s Biologicals Framework for Transformative Nanomedicine Translation
This project investigates how Australia’s regulatory framework for biologicals can be better utilised to support and accelerate the translation of transformative nanomedicines from research to clinical application.
Improving decisions about access to stem cell interventions
This project aims to enhance the decision-making processes surrounding patient access to stem cell interventions. It involves ethical, regulatory, and practical considerations to ensure responsible and equitable access.
Mental Health Impacts on Victims of Miscarriages of Justice in Social Security
This project aims to understand the mental health impacts (eg, PTSD, depression) on victims of three Australian social security miscarriages of justice: the Omissions Affair (2001-2011), Robodebt (2015-2020) and Income Apportionment (1991-2020). An online survey distributed to victims will measure these outcomes and explore experiences (debt amount, social support, SES) to identify factors predicting more or less favourable mental health.
The New Statutory Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy: Implications for Healthcare Information and Health Research
This project examines the implications of the recently enacted statutory cause of action in tort for serious invasions of privacy, specifically concerning breaches of privacy in healthcare settings and health research. It will explore how plaintiffs might plead this new action, its interaction with Civil Liability Acts, and its relevance in the context of digital health, big data, and recent large-scale health data breaches.
Review of the Regulation of Research involving Human Embryo Models made of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Human embryo research can provide important scientific insights but it also poses ethical questions that remain contested. Since 2002, Australian law has limited human embryo research under strict licensing conditions. However, there has been no formal review in almost 15 years. The development of stem cell-based embryo models, closely resembling human embryos but made of adult stem cells, calls for a comprehensive review of legislation governing research involving these embryo-like entities.
The Regulation of Psychedelics in Australia
The project examines the regulation of psychedelics in Australia, including the process by which the Therapeutic Goods Administration reached its decision to introduce an authorised prescriber scheme, the development of clinical guidelines by various bodies to govern to psychotherapeutic protocols.
Other (smaller) projects
- ‘Income apportionment’ and social security law
- Personal injuries as rights infringements in civil liability law
- The interaction of health law and social security law
- Australian public finance law (particularly the consolidated revenue fund) and its interactions with social benefits law in Australia