Helen is a biomedical scientist with expertise in the fields of cell and molecular biology, microbiology and epidemiology. She is particularly interested in the impacts of global change on human health and disease. Her current research is highly applied and focused on the implications of emerging infectious diseases for blood transfusion safety and public health more broadly, in Australia and globally. Helen enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and post-graduate research students. She is the co-chair of the Virology subgroup of the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Working Party on Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases, and has been invited to be a temporary advisor to the World Health Organization on multiple occasions. She holds an honorary research appointment at the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. Helen is always interested in developing new research collaborations.