Associate Professor Carolyn Ee is an academic GP and was one of the first practicing medical doctors in Australia to gain dual qualifications in Chinese Medicine. She joined NICM HRI as a Research Fellow in January 2016, was appointed the Jacka Foundation Senior Research Fellow in November 2017 and Associate Professor in 2022. In this role, she also leads NICM HRI’s Western Sydney Integrative Health, Australia’s first university-based integrative healthcare center, and develops integrative medicine education for medical doctors. She completed a Master’s and PhD in acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes at the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne. Her pilot work on acupuncture for hot flushes led to a subsequent NHMRC project grant and publication in a high-impact journal, and she has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her research focuses on metabolic conditions, women’s health and cancer survivorship, and on integrative medicine health services and education more broadly. Her expertise spans randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and qualitative research and is built on a foundation of strong consumer and stakeholder involvement and engagement and translation into practice. Underpinning her research expertise is more than 20 years of experience as a medical doctor.