Christine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing, School of Health and Clinical Sciences, University of Western Australia. An RN with a master’s degree and nearing PhD completion, she has over three decades of nursing and education expertise. Educational experience includes teaching, curriculum development and course design for Australian College of Nursing, Edith Cowan University, University of Western Australia, with contributions to National Blood Authority informing education programs and patient-blood-management policies. Her clinical focus is haematology oncology, immunology, and especially neutropenic sepsis. Nursing positions include Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Coordinator at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, and Clinical trials coordinator, Sydney. She is dedicated to translating research into practice, with a lifelong passion to improve patient outcomes in neutropenic sepsis. Her research focuses on the assessment of haematology patients at risk of neutropenic sepsis and the factors shaping timely septic work-up.