Helen has over 30 years’ experience as a clinician (orthoptist) and an innovative educator, joining ANU in April 2024 as the Head of Assessment. Helen’s expertise has been built on a career spanning clinical practice in rural and urban settings fuelling a passion for learning from her early mentor, the late Prof Fred Hollows. Her career in higher education has spanned several roles including lecturing and reforming the orthoptics curriculum, leading elearning projects across five health facilities at the University of Sydney before moving to lead academic development at Charles Darwin University. She has worked in three other medical schools (University of Sydney, Flinders University and the University of Queensland) inspiring educators to enhance clinical skills teaching, developing clinical supervisors in Northern Australia and most recently leading assessment design for the new Doctor of Medicine program at University of Queensland. She has received multiple teaching and learning awards at University of Sydney (2003, 2004), Flinders University (2016) and the Australian Awards for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2017). She is currently completing a University of Queensland Teaching Innovation Grant to enhance learner engagement in workplace-based learning and assessment (WBA), developing digital dashboards and other learner supports for students completing WBAs in the clinical setting.