I am the Director Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji. My experience in Fiji spans the last 13 years and I have worked in the public health systems in both rural and urban health facilities. I have been appointed as Special Assignments for the then Minister for Health in 2010 where I undertook health reforms including devolution of outpatient services to satellite clinics. She has worked in the surveillance and response, health information systems, health policy and social determinants of health environments. I have chaired the Surveillance Technical Working Group under the National Taskforce on Control of Outbreak Prone diseases and have been a member of the Taskforce. I have also been a key player in implementation and the roll out of the Early Warning and Response Systems (EWARS) post Tropical Cyclone Winston in Fiji with the assistance of WHO. I am also a member of the Fiji National Health Research and Ethics Review Committee (FNHRERC). I have worked worked with the Kirby Institute to co-facilitate the Biosecurity in the Pacific Workshop. I am currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate at the University of New South Wales and hold a Masters in Public Health.