Annie (she/her) is a registered nurse with a Master of Science (Pain Management) and a strong commitment to advancing health equity through advocacy and clinical leadership. With a deep understanding of integrated care models Annie is the Relationship and Partnership Lead for the Hamilton Centre, fostering collaboration across stakeholder groups to improve client outcomes and experience. Annie has held various senior nursing leadership roles throughout her career and her position as clinical lead for the Eastern Health Acute and Complex Pain service saw her form ongoing links with the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) sector and the Mental Health sector. From 2017-2023 Annie held the position of the chair of GATE (Victorian Pain Nurses Interest Group) facilitating education workshops and webinars to support Victorian pain nurses and has been the contributing author to published articles relating to opioid prescribing and pain nurses roles within multidisciplinary teams.