
Elena is a Research Associate at the Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales.
She holds a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Honours Class 1 from UNSW Sydney and a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney.
She is currently working on a national study, which aims to develop and trial a new and novel stigma reduction intervention among health workers to reduce stigma and discrimination targeted at people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.