Sophie Weston

Experience

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  St Vincent de Paul Society NSW

  Sept 2008 - Jul 2010

  Successfully raised over $7 million from CEO Sleepout, Hotels Have Hearts and Matthew Talbot Race DayLiason with Corporate stakeholdersProcurement of large donations

  • Corporate Partnerships and Events Coordinator

    Mar 2009 - Jul 2010

  • Human Resources

    Sept 2008 - Mar 2009
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  NSW Health

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2015

  Registered Nurse
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  Healthcare Australia

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2024

  Specialist Registered Nurse

  Australia wide- Rural and Remote Nursing and large Sydney private hospitals and public tertiary centresRoyal Prince Alfred (RPA)- 23 Theatres. Liver Transplant, general Cardiac, Neurosurgery, cardiac catheterisation, endoscopy, urology, general, plastic and reconstructive, vascular, orthopaedic, trauma. PACU as required.Thursday Island Hospital Torres Strait Islands- Anaesthetic/Recovery Clinical Nurse (CN). Required to be independent, competent. Sole anaesthetic nurse working with GP anaesthetists. Busy O&G ward. Multiple obstetric emergencies. Visiting specialists- ophthalmology, paediatrics, general surgery. Helicopter Retrievals from outer islands and PNG. Airway assistance in ED as required. Care of ventilated patients in ED. Secondment to ED department and wards as required. On-call roster. Show less

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  Université Sorbonne Paris Cité

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  MPH Masters Student

  Methods in epidemiology, biomathematics, public health, health management and health policy, with specialized training in different health disciplines, in both the professional and research streams:Professional PracticeManagement and LeadershipEpidemiologyPolicyHealth Promotion and PreventionEvaluation and EvidenceCommunicable & Chronic DiseasesRisk Assessment and ManagementHealth System Financing and Economics

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  World Health Organization

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

  Cancer Policy & Research in Division of Non-Communicable Diseases (DNP)

  Working on reducing cancer burden and improving early diagnosis and cancer screening, health systems strengthening and capacity building in low and middle income countries and WHO-EURO region.

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  World Health Organization

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  Temporary Advisor-Communications

  Communications and logistics at the Meeting of Government Chief Nursing Officers, National Nursing and Midwifery Associations and WHO Collaborating Centres

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  Menzies School of Health Research

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2021

  Malaria Clinical Trial Manager

  Project management from inception to close-out of International Clinical Trials (funded by BMGF, NHMRC, AAS) within the Malaria group at Menzies. The trials are investigating novel treatment options for malaria at study sites including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia and Ethiopia. Collaboration with international stakeholders across every level to deliver successful project goals.

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  International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

  Jun 2019 - now

  International Health Delegate
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  Northern Territory Government

  Feb 2020 - Oct 2022

  International Research Advisor, Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
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  Royal Darwin Hospital

  May 2020 - Jul 2021

  Associate- ISARIC/WHO-Covid-19 Consortium

  ISARIC's purpose is to prevent illness and deaths from infectious disease outbreaks. We are a global federation of clinical research networks, providing a proficient, coordinated, and agile research response to outbreak-prone infectious diseases.

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  Therapeutic Goods Administration

  Jul 2021 - Oct 2022

  Pharmacovigilance Technical Lead- Asia-Pacific Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Safety

  Delivering technical assistance through the Australian Expert Technical Assistance Program for Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Access – Regulatory Support and Safety Monitoring (AETAP-RSSM) program. The goal is to support Pacific and Southeast Asian countries’ efforts to deliver safe, effective and accessible COVID-19 immunisation programs.

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  Medicines Development for Global Health

  Oct 2022 - now

  Manager- Field Implementation

  More than 2 billion people worldwide, in some the poorest communities imaginable, are affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases such as River Blindness. MDGH develops new drugs on a not-for-profit basis for the treatment of these conditions.