Team Member

Alison is a veterinarian and epidemiologist with a background in clinical veterinary practice, university-based research and government policy. She has been at Ausvet for nine years, and has broad and varied experience in working on disease ecology, disease outbreak investigations, disease control programmes, biosecurity strategy and observational and interventional study design and analysis in terrestrial livestock, aquaculture, companion animals, wildlife and plants.

Alison is particularly keen on evidence-based decision making, policy and medicine. She works to bridge the gap between complex epidemiological theory and actionable practice through ‘principled pragmatism’: transparently balancing technical excellence with the practical constraints of real-world environments. Parasitology, zoonotic disease control and clinical research are areas of particular interest.

Outside of work, Alison is a marathon open water swimmer and native plant gardener, and annually submits to the harshest peer reviews yet encountered—the marmalade competition at the Perth Royal Show.