Caroline is about to move from our Bega Laboratory and take a new job as the Laboratory Manager of our Cooma Laboratory in the Snowy Mountains region, but spending time by the beach is where she really unwinds!

What do you do and why does it matter?

I have been Act­ing Lab Man­ag­er at Bega Hos­pi­tal and in Novem­ber 2025 I will start a new role as Lab Man­ag­er of Cooma, tak­ing over from Jo-Anne Hag­ger who will be retiring.

I have expe­ri­ence work­ing in both pri­vate pathol­o­gy and pub­lic ser­vice. Through­out my career I have been pas­sion­ate about ser­vice pro­vi­sion to local com­mu­ni­ties, my expe­ri­ence rang­ing from Pre Ana­lyt­i­cal, Ana­lyt­i­cal and Post Ana­lyt­i­cal has been a great learn­ing experience.

My last role as the Act­ing Lab­o­ra­to­ry Man­ag­er at Bega was very excit­ing and var­ied and I learnt so much. I am thrilled to be start­ing at NSWHP’s Cooma Lab­o­ra­to­ry on 10 Novem­ber 2025.

Tell us about your sci­en­tif­ic career path and what inspired you to work in pathology?

My jour­ney in pathol­o­gy start­ed 18 years ago when I stud­ied a Diplo­ma in Pathol­o­gy test­ing at the Can­ber­ra Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy, I went on to study a Bach­e­lor in Med­ical Sci­ence at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Can­ber­ra and I’m cur­rent­ly study­ing a Master’s in Med­ical Sci­ence (with specialisations).

A proud moment or inter­est­ing case?

I was invit­ed to sit on the Com­mit­tee of the NSW Aus­tralian Insti­tute of Med­ical Sci­en­tists (AIMS) this year and it has been an hon­our to con­tribute to a body that gov­erns sci­en­tists through­out Australia.

What do you like to do to unwind out­side of work?

I love to unwind by trav­el­ling and explor­ing new places. I love going to dif­fer­ent part of the world and expe­ri­ence unique cul­tures. I also love the beach, and hear­ing the waves crash­ing is very ther­a­peu­tic for me.

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