Marina has more than 30 years of experience in clinical research, with expertise in protocol development, ethics submissions, data management and project coordination.  Her work spans a broad spectrum of research types from early- and late-phase interventional trials and mechanistic research to community based and observational studies.

She has been part of SPHPM for 30 years, holding a number of roles.  From 1996 to 2016 Marina was the Regulatory Affairs Manager for Clinical Pharmacology Alfred Hospital/Monash University, providing support to researchers, honours and PhD students, visiting academics and registrars.

A founding member of the SPHPM Research Governance Committee (established in 2001), Marina chaired the committee from 2010 to 2014 and served as the Research Governance Manager from 2010 to 2025, overseeing the running of the annual self-audits, contributes to research governance, ethics and clinical trial education and training, and supporting staff and students on research governance matters.  

Marina has also advised external organisations on developing their own research governance Strategy.  Notable, she contributed to SPHPM’s collaboration with senior members of Sri Lankan’s medical research community, helping establish the 2018 Code of Conduct for Health Research in Sri Lanka and the 2019 Research Governance Strategy in Sri Lanka.

Currently Marina is Clinical Trials and Governance Manager for the Monash University Clinical Trials Centre, and plays a key role in education and training in research and clinical trials in SPHPM through micro-credentialled short courses and post graduate programs.