Blagica (Bee) Penova-Veselinovic is the Raine Study Scientific Manager where she plays a strategic role in guiding the Raine Study’s Scientific portfolio.
She works closely and supports the Directors in planning and developing the Scientific portfolio reflecting the Raine Study’s vision to advancing knowledge and enhancing lives.  She contributes to grant funding initiatives, and engages in broad, state-wide and national projects.
In her role, Blagica ensures effective governance of scientific policy, procedures and biosamples management. She manages project applications through the Raine Online Submission System (ROSS) and provides expert support to ensure development of high-quality project proposals using Raine Study data.  She also supports researchers with adherence to ethical guidelines.

Blagica is passionate about research into the developmental origins of health and disease, evidence-based medicine and enjoys the challenge of exploring novel scientific approaches to improve the understanding and outcomes in public health.
With extensive experience in managing clinical research projects, coordinating large cohort studies, and collaborating with international consortia, Blagica adeptly manages strategic projects from inception to execution.   Her expertise spans study planning, protocol development, data and biosamples curation, data analysis, and scientific writing. She has co-supervised Bachelor and Master students to full project completion and currently manages interns on Work Integrated Learning placements.