Cate has extensive experience and expertise as a nurse specialist in the care coordination of complex intestinal failure and hepatology patients since 2005. She has been the nurse specialist for the Paediatric Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation, Starship Child Health since establishment of NZNIFRS and as the Clinical Pathway and Outcomes Developer since its inception in 2019. Cate is the nursing lead for the NZNIFRS research program in partnership with the multidisciplinary team. Her areas of interest include burden of care, equity, patient-reported outcomes relating to service co-design, and medical neglect and impacts on access to care. Cate coordinated the design of the paediatric component of the NZNIFRS registry, a national dataset capturing incidence and outcomes of intestinal failure. Areas of clinical leadership include the implementation of digital tools to support care coordination and delivery, data design, and pathway development. Professional affiliations include the College of Child and Youth Health Nurses Aotearoa (previous chair), AuSPen council member, and the IRTA Allied Health Providers Committee.