PhD student, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University
Monica is an experienced Midwife and Nurse who has worked within a number of midwifery models of care both in Australia and the UK over the last 40 years. Following Midwifery training in Scotland in 1991, Monica has gained post graduate qualifications including a Graduate Diploma and Master of Midwifery. She has also completed Prescribing for Midwives and is accredited as an Endorsed Midwife. She has been a IBCLC Lactation Consultant for 24 years, an inaugural Director and now Honorary Life Member of Lactation Consultants Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). She was on the board of Australian Society of Tongue and Lip Tie (ASTLiT) and past president of ACTLACT.
Monica works part-time as a Clinical Midwifery Educator and a practitioner in the Tongue Tie clinic for Canberra Health Services. She also has a private practice providing midwifery and lactation care for mothers and babies.
Monica has been working in roles supporting mothers and babies with tongue tie since 1999 and was a principal investigator in the first RCT on tongue tie. Currently Monica is undertaking her PhD in tongue tie research at the Australian National University.