Dr Rees is a full-time Professor in Psychiatry with a public health and social science background. She leads large nationally funded cohort and interventions studies. Her research focus is refugee and First Nations mental health, gender, and gender-based violence. She has worked as a practitioner in the domestic violence and child protection sectors, as well as in policy positions related to women's health and welfare service development and delivery. Professor Rees is recognized as a committed researcher in the refugee field, working with refugee communities and particularly women refugees. Professor Rees has particular expertise in research translation, interventions, program evaluations, and cohort studies. Her methodological expertise includes mixed methods, qualitative methods, and longitudinal studies.