Bernadette holds a PhD in health outcomes research from the University of Sydney and is working within the Clinical Trials Policy Section at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to support the delivery of national clinical trials reforms. These include the development and implementation of the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework; consultations on the National One Stop Shop and the development of a national quality standard and accreditation scheme for human research ethics committees under the National Mutual Acceptance Scheme.