Alison completed her Postgraduate Critical Care studies for her ICU training at RPA Hospital, Sydney in 2005 and then later completed the Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing through Peter Mac and University of Melbourne. She was awarded an Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women scholarship by the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre to complete her Master of Advanced Nursing Practice. Her PhD focus investigates the role of nurses and nursing leadership in the early recognition and management of sepsis across high and low-resourced clinical settings. It also explores how clinical team dynamics, cultural and linguistic diversity amongst staff, and psychological safety in organisational culture impacts on how nurses communicate concern and escalate care in response to patient deterioration.