Catherine is a PhD student with Monash University and based at the Burnet Institute under the supervision of Professor James Beeson and Dr Linda Reiling. Catherine is particularly interested in maternal and child health, particularly in malaria endemic area. Her PhD project focusses on understanding the burden of malnutrition and infections in young children (under 5), and how they interact and contribute to child growth failure in the high burden setting of East New Britain Province, PNG.