Her work on the genetic
mechanisms of cardiomyopathies and muscular dystrophies has identified several genes that are
important for cardiac and skeletal muscle membrane stability and produced insights into how heart
failure and muscle dysfunction occur.
While Aboriginal people in Victoria have successfully fought for
important mechanisms such as the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement and Traditional Owner Settlement Act, our
failure to pay reparations for stolen children or stolen wages, deliver land justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve equity.