She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from The University of Queensland, with a Dean’s Recommendation of Honours and has studied abroad at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa. With over 30 years experience in the field of compounding and health creation, coupled with participation on the Professional Compounding Chemists of Australia Advisory Board, Mary-Lou is dedicated to individualising personal health care.

Mary-Lou also consults for The Australasian Academy of Anti-aging Medicine Advisory Panel  providing A5M with a strategic overview relating to preventative, integrative and anti-ageing medicine for health in her community. 

She is a philomath at heart and loves to travel to learn about the most current health initiatives across the globe. In 2018, her travel-fuelled learning resulted in the installation of a new sterile injectable facility in Brisbane, where she creates bespoke vitamin and amino acid infusions for doctors across Australia.

In 2019 her  business “The Compounding Lab” was a finalist in the Telstra  Business Awards for Innovation in Health Care in Queensland.