Professor Kristjanson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) of Curtin University of Technology. Linda served as a member of the National Health & Medical Research Council from 2003 -2006 and in 2004 she was appointed by the Minister of Health to the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. She holds the position of Deputy Chair of this Institute and is a Board member of a number of CRCs including the CRC for Spatial Information and the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development. Professor Kristjanson’s collaborative approach to research and development allow her to create links across discipline groups, resulting in innovative research programs.