Debbie Early, PhD

With a proven track record of being a team-orientated and adaptable professional, I have over 30 years international and cross-cultural experience in allied-healthcare, human-centered research and the life sciences. I have worked across academia, multinationals, small businesses and non-profits in ethnomedicine and the agricultural, pharmaceutical, wellness and agritourism sectors. In addition, I am a widely published, non-fiction author and I have served on several international, advisory boards related to clinical research, wellness, adaptation and sustainability.

My expertise focuses on Caring for People and Places, specifically for adaptation in the Aquaculture and Blue Tourism industries within the areas of:

• Ocean-Human Health Literacy
• Marine Ecopharmacovigilance
• Ecopsychology & Behaviour
• Sense of Place Disruption
• Disaster Risk Reduction

I have experience working with teams across Eastern, Western and Indigenous philosophies. My international, and local, experience supports transdisciplinary leaders seeking innovative and practical approaches to future-focused co-design, and implementation, for adaptation, resilience and One Health.