Abby is the Director of Prevention and Quit Tasmania at Cancer Council Tasmania, where she has led tobacco control efforts for nearly a decade. Her work includes overseeing Quitline 13 7848, mass media campaigns, research, and advocacy, as well as prevention initiatives such as reducing harm from alcohol.

She plays a key role in national and state-based prevention and tobacco control efforts. She is the Deputy Chair of Cancer Council’s National Tobacco Issues Committee and a member of the Tasmanian Tobacco Control Coalition and Cancer Council’s National Public Health Committee. As a key media spokesperson, she champions evidence-based smoking and vaping cessation support and regulatory reform. Since 2015, Abby has helped to coordinate the Tasmanian component of the Australian Secondary Students Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSAD).

She holds a Master of Science from Queen’s University, Canada, and is a PhD candidate within the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health. Abby is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).