Carolyn is an Associate Professor with the College of Nursing and Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia and Vice President of the Australian Cardiovascular and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA). Her research and policy interests include health services research in cardiovascular secondary prevention care and building a data infrastructure for measuring the clinical effectiveness of cardiac rehab. and secondary prevention programs in Australia. Recently she has been part of a national leadership group led by ACRA and the National Heart Foundation to develop Australian quality indicators for cardiac rehab. measurement.