Dr Mahdi works as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Science at the University of South Australia. Following completion of her PhD, Dr Mahdi took up a position as an Assistant Professor with the University of Al-Nahrain Medical College in Iraq. In 2006, she joined the University of Adelaide after being awarded an Endeavour Postgraduate Fellowship and then spent time doing research and teaching at the University Southern Queensland. She has lived at St Mark’s as a member of the Senior Common Room for a number of years.