Catherine joined CHETRE as an intern as part of her Master of Public Health and Master of Health Leadership and Management studies. Catherine has worked as a clinical physiotherapist primarily across acute inpatient settings, and is interested in driving improvements in outcomes for patients and health providers at scale across the health system. She has contributed to published papers in the areas of reducing sedentary behaviour in people with chronic lung disease, and exploring the effects of exercise therapy in people with Parkinson’s Disease.

Review/Reflections on your experience as an intern with CHETRE

My project was a scoping review to explore health outreach interventions for people experiencing homelessness, with the intention of informing evidence-based principles for homeless hubs to be established in SWSLHD. The work was meaningful, rewarding, and challenging in the best of ways; beyond this, I loved being able to learn from and collaborate with the lovely team at CHETRE and the SWSLHD Population Health Unit – thank you for making me feel so welcome.