Biomedical Engineer and Medical Scientist with a PhD in patient specific, tissue engineered spinal implant modelling and design. Kirsty has extensive experience in rapid prototyping techniques (such as 3D printing and high resolution mold-casting), verification and validation testing, Quality Assurance/Quality Control processes.
She has designed and/or coordinated medical research studies spanning in silico through to clinical trials and has advanced knowledge of microCT, DXA X-ray, and MR imaging data management.
Her prior digital health infrastructure experience includes working on the Digital Team Study with Asthma Australia, leading the design and development of their new digital asthma self-management program: Asthma Connect. She is now working at the Newcastle NIF Node as a NIF Data Infrastructure Specialist.