Yvonne is a Nurse Practitioner in the Clinical Haematology Service at Peter Mac and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Clinical Lead for the Allogeneic BMT long term follow up service and Associate Director of Nursing for Haematology and Medical Oncology. Yvonne has a special interest in long term follow up and survivorship issues after Allogeneic BMT, particularly screening, risk reduction and supporting patient self-management. Yvonne is interested in sexual health issues, secondary malignancies, chronic graft versus host disease and post-transplant rehabilitation.

Yvonne has led and been involved in research studies focusing on innovative shared care models of long term follow up and strategies to optimise post-transplant recovery including exercise programs. She has completed a research study supported by the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) nursing research hub that explored facilitators and barriers to transitioning from paediatric to adult long term follow up. Yvonne has presented at conferences nationally and internationally on late effects and long term follow up post Allogeneic BMT. Professionally, Yvonne is passionate about the development and implementation of nurse-led models of care and the professional development of all nurses.