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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

I am a health researcher (PhD, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology) working at the intersection of population health data, applied biostatistics and translational women's health.

 

I hold an honorary appointment as Adjunct Research Fellow in the Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, and I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I completed my PhD at The University of Western Australia in 2024.

 

My research is on iron deficiency, and in particular iron deficiency without anaemia, in women across the life course. I build and analyse large clinical and population datasets in R and SQL, including a cross-sectional cohort of 90,762 adults constructed in BigQuery against the NIH All of Us Research Program curated data repository, and I translate the findings into evidence that clinicians and policymakers can act on.

CURTIN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Research Fellow (honorary)
    Curtin University, Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia19 Jan 2026 - 21 Jan 2028
  • Adjunct Research Fellow (honorary)
    Curtin University, Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia18 Nov 2024 - 17 Nov 2025

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States1 Jan 2025 - 30 Nov 2026
  • Research Fellow
    Monash University, Anaesthesia Teaching and Research, School of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Australia17 Apr 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
  • Research Officer and MD Research Supervisor
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaJan 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
  • Lecturer and Laboratory Demonstrator
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia2022 - 29 Feb 2024
  • Coordinating Physiologist and Laboratory Specialist
    The University of Western Australia, UWA Exercise and Performance Centre, Perth, Australia2022 - 2024
  • Research Assistant
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia2016 - 2017

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Founder and Director
    drCWDugan, AustraliaJan 2024 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Sport Science, Exercise and Health
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Bachelor of Science (Sport Science, Exercise and Health), Sport Science; Exercise and Health
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom
    Associate Fellowship of Advance HE for contribution to tertiary teaching and curriculum development. Reference PR239700. No expiry.
  • Standard Mental Health First Aid
    Mental Health First Aid International, Australia
    Accredited Standard Mental Health First Aider.
  • Good Clinical Practice (clinical research ethics)
    Western Australian Health Translation Network, Australia
    Research Education and Training Program, Western Australian Health Translation Network.
  • Responsible Conduct of Research
    NIH Network of the National Library of Medicine, United States
    Completed through the All of Us Research Program.
  • Research Security Training
    National Science Foundation SECURE Center, United States
  • How to Plan and Apply for Linked Data (PHRN Researcher e-Learning Course)
    Population Health Research Network, Australia
    Population Health Research Network, funded under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Course
    Cochrane
  • R: Data Use in Science, High Distinction (SCIE4401)
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Advanced R programming for scientific data analysis. Doctoral coursework credit, grade High Distinction.
  • Google AI Professional Certificate
    Google
  • Gemini for Data Scientists and Analysts
    Google Cloud
  • AI for Research and Insights
    Google
  • AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations
    Anthropic
  • Claude Code 101
    Anthropic Education
  • AI for Health Care Applications
    AIM-AHEAD
    Introductory course, AIM-AHEAD.
  • Stack AI Consultant Certification
    STACK AI

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States
    Micronutrient metabolism and large cohort data analysisPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Hennigar S

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

ROLE

  • Staff

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3201 - Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 3210 - Nutrition and dietetics
  • 4206 - Public health

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin School of Population Health