Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

I had two career aspirations when I first began at UWA; one was to eventually work in a medical science area, and the other was to keep learning for life.

My favourite science courses were the Biophysics program and Physiology 240. Apart from the course content, you develop many other skills while studying. The quantitative background from biophysics and laboratory skills from biophysics, microbiology and neuroscience for example, have been indispensable in my work so far.

After graduating, I worked as a Research Assistant in the Physics Department at UWA until 2005. Then I joined Resonance Health Analysis Services, working with MRI images to measure body iron storage in the liver, which is important in diseases such as thalassaemia and hemochromatosis.

The job grew out of a research project in the UWA School of Physics that had been commercialised, and the most interesting aspect has been seeing the project go from experimental status to a regulated and quality assured service.