Marina has worked as a social and health policy researcher since 1997. She earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2013 she completed Ph.D. at the School of Primary Health Care at Monash University, Melbourne. Her doctoral theses investigated challenges of the pandemic response in primary care. She later worked at Melbourne School of Population and Global Heath, the University of Melbourne, investigating availability and accessibility of paediatric care in Victoria. In 2016 Marina began working at the School of Primary Health Care at Monash University on IMPACT project to evaluate models of care that enhance access to primary care for vulnerable populations. Marina has methods expertise in qualitative and quantitative techniques with particular interest in mixed methods approach. Her research interests lie in the fields of primary care, health systems, health policy and population health. She enjoys doing applied, policy-oriented research.