Peta is unique, as she is both a clinician and an academic. This is a strength for both research and teaching pursuits. She has worked in a variety of areas within podiatric practice for over ten years, including private practice in both rural and regional areas, and public practice in a High Risk Foot Clinic. This drives her passion for clinically translatable research outcomes. Peta has post graduate qualifications in wound care from Monash University and frequently lectures to Wounds Australia and the local Hunter Wound Interest Group. Peta has been invited to edit the latest edition of the Therapeutic Guidelines on "Wound Care" - the high risk foot chapter. 

Her PhD (awarded August 2016) focused on podiatrists role in vascular assessment of the lower limb and assessing the validity of non invasive vascular assessment techniques in Diabetes. Peta also developed a novel vascular screening pathway for community based patients. Peta's post doctoral research is building upon her thesis, continuing to develop the evidence base for non-invasive vascular assessment in the lower limb in different, vulnerable populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Furthermore, she was recently awarded an international post-doctoral fellowship, which will further her research skills in qualitative research methods.