| 1974 | Technical Assistant in Biochemistry at the Royal Women's Hospital |
| 1975 | Associate Diploma of Applied Biology completed at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) |
| 1975 - 1977 | Technical Officer in Applied Biology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 1975 - 1979 | Demonstrator in Charge at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (part-time) |
| 1977 | Bachelor of Applied Sciences (BAppSc) completed |
| 1978 - 1985 | Manager in Research and Pharmacology at Monash University, Victoria |
| 1981 - | Member of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
| 1985 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Monash University |
| 1985 - 1986 | Senior Tutor in the Department of Pharmacology at Monash University, Victoria |
| 1986 - 1988 | Senior Toxicologist with the Environmental Heath Branch of the Commonwealth Department of Health |
| 1988 - 1992 | Principal Toxicologist with the Drug Evaluation Branch of the Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| 1989 - 1992 | Visiting Lecturer at the National Science Summer School |
| 1989 - 1994 | Visiting Fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Heath at the Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory |
| 1989 - 1996 | Visiting Lecturer in Toxicology at Monash University, Victoria |
| 1990 - 1991 | Member of the Toxicology Subcommittee of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
| 1990 - 1991 | Visiting Lecturer in Toxicology at the University of Canberra |
| 1992 - 1993 | Council member of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
| 1992 - 1997 | Director of Chemical Review and International Harmonisation in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care |
| 1994 - 1996 | Honorary Secretary of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
| 1996 - | Life member of the Women in Science Enquiry Network (WISENET) |
| 1997 - | Director of the National Industrial Chemicals Notifications and Assessment Scheme |
| 1997 - 1998 | Member of the Toxicology Subcommittee of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
| 1997 - 1999 | Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Pharmacology |
| 1999 - 2001 | Board member of the Australian Foundation for Science at the Australian Academy of Science |
| 2003 - | Director of the Office of Chemical Safety (OCS) Health and Safety Regulation Group in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care |