She has developed multiple pathology curricula for undergraduate and post-graduate medicine. Her qualifications include BSc, MBBs, FRCPA, MD, FFSc (RCPA), FAHMS.

She works collaboratively with the Cancer Council Victoria and colleagues within The Alfred, the MHRI, Melbourne University, Sydney University and Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute. She is involved in many on-going research projects into malignancies, disorders of muscle and neurodegeneration.

Catriona has a strong track record with over 500 published articles, more than 41,000 citations and an H-Index of 97. She has 3 patents in the field of breast cancer diagnosis