Andrea joined the Hepburn Health board in 2017 and has appointments with the Deakin University and Patient Safety Strategic Research Centre in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, an honorary appointment at Monash University and as a heart failure nurse practitioner at Austin Health.

She has an established program of research focussing on heart failure, acute and chronic cardiovascular disease, nurse practitioner, workforce, critical care and chronic disease management. Andrea has a Ministerial appointment with the Department of Health Complaints Commission Council.