Professional Summary
Clinical research professional transitioning into empirical AI research. Currently conducting participant-facing psychiatric clinical trial research at Deakin University, administering structured psychiatric assessments, maintaining GCP and protocol adherence, and operating under ethics-board constraints. Built independent Python and Linux projects spanning local LLM infrastructure, restricted remote access tooling, and security-aware data processing. Research interest focuses on empirically evaluating frontier model behaviour for psychologically destabilising qualities, directly informed by structured clinical assessment practice.
Skills
- AI Safety Evaluation
- Structured Psychiatric Assessments
- Clinical Research Operations
- Python Development
- Local LLM Infrastructure
- Linux Systems Tooling
- Clinical Rating Scales
- Protocol Compliance
- Security-Aware Tooling
- Empirical Research Methods
- Constraint-Based Design
- Technical Documentation
Professional Experience
Associate Research Fellow — Deakin University
Dec 2025 – Present | CADET Clinical Trials | School of Medicine | University Hospital Geelong
- Psychiatric Assessments: Administer structured interviews using psychiatric scales including SCID-5-RV, MADRS, HAM-A, BDRS, and YMRS in the CADET trials investigating novel depression treatments.
- Trial Operations: Conduct GCP-compliant participant recruitment, screening, consent, and follow-up; manage case report forms and data entry; participate in multidisciplinary case review and planning meetings.
- Protocol Adherence: Maintain careful protocol, documentation, and instrument-version control practices across ethics, governance, and monitoring-constrained workflows.
- Data and Safety: Apply medication chain-of-custody and biological sample handling procedures. Monitor participant risk in line with trial protocol and escalation pathways.
Freedom of Information Support Officer — Department of Education
Nov 2024 – Jan 2025 | Executive & Ministerial Services Branch | Freedom of Information Unit | Treasury Place, Melbourne CBD
- FOI Compliance and Assessment: Assessed complex FOI requests involving highly sensitive information related to children in educational settings while maintaining strict FOI Act compliance.
- Data Management and Reporting: Maintained information systems, managed SAP data extraction, and produced weekly operational reports tracking status across more than 400 active cases.
- Stakeholder Communication: Managed communication with departmental stakeholders and FOI applicants across Victoria under strict statutory deadlines.
Fiskville Redress Support Officer — Country Fire Authority
May 2024 – Nov 2024 | Governance, Legal & Risk | Freedom of Information | CFA Headquarters, Burwood East
- Redress Coordination: Coordinated CFA's response to the Victorian Government's Fiskville Redress Scheme, producing evidence-based letters and reports from sensitive historical records for the Department of Justice. Worked directly with the Deputy General Counsel.
- Sensitive Interviews and Consent: Conducted interviews with current and former CFA members, recruited eligible individuals into the scheme, and managed consent documentation at scale.
- Statewide Records Retrieval: Designed a records retrieval program covering more than 1,200 brigades and district headquarters, producing a roadmap with timelines and inter-department dependencies.
- Process Improvement: Implemented Adobe OCR batches and Outlook/SharePoint folder automation, clearing a 100+ hour backlog and saving approximately 5 hours per week per colleague. Delivered Adobe and SharePoint training to staff.
Research Administration Officer — Monash University & Alfred Health
Feb 2021 – Apr 2024 | ASPREE-XT Study | School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine | Alfred Hospital
- Health Research and Program Coordination: Served as a key coordinating member across 11 clinical endpoints simultaneously within ASPREE-XT, a major international study with more than 15,000 participants aged 65+, after progressing into senior endpoint responsibilities within two months.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinated complex relationships and data flow between the study, specialist adjudicators across Australia and the US, and hundreds of health providers including hospitals, GPs, specialists, pathology, and cancer clinics, including physical site visits to retrieve records.
- Data Management and Process Enhancement: Oversaw accurate processing and management of sensitive participant data. Collaborated with the Data Team to analyse usage, test features, and refine database and workflow processes.
- Site Liaison: Conducted physical site visits to major hospital networks across Australia to retrieve records directly from storage; independently navigated diverse, unfamiliar EMR systems and built rapid rapport with clinical staff, managers, and specialists.
Qualifications and Education
University of Melbourne — Bachelor of Science
Cell & Developmental Biology
Relevant units: Philosophy of Mind, Ethical Theory, Metaphysics of Ethics, Neuroscience and the Mind, The Integrated Brain.
RMIT — Foundations of AI in STEM
98% | High Distinction
Classical AI, machine learning, neural networks, probabilistic reasoning, Python practical work, ethics, and safety topics.
RMIT — Discrete Mathematics
82% | High Distinction
Propositional logic, proof techniques, induction, Big-O and algorithmic complexity, graphs, and trees.