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Thomasson’s research interests lie in health and medical law and policy, particularly reproductive health and technology, family law focusing on family violence, and learning and teaching in law. Her PhD examines legal responses to vaccine mandates in Australia and comparative jurisdictions within the MRFF-funded MandEval project on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. She co-coordinates LAWS1112 Law for Everyday Lives (Bachelor of Arts, Law & Society Major), lectures in LAWS5118 Family Law (Juris Doctor), and facilitates workshops in LAWS4106 Torts (Juris Doctor). Key publications include “Consent in Posthumous Reproduction: Giving the Deceased a Voice without Drowning out the Living in Cases of Unexpected Death” (with Marco Rizzi, University of Western Australia Law Review, 2021), “Inferring Necessary Conditions: The Enduring Paradox of the ‘But For’ Test in Factual Causation” (with Marco Rizzi, University of Western Australia Law Review, 2022), “A Systematic Analysis of Australian Superior Court Decisions in Cases Involving Challenges to Vaccine Mandates” (Monash University Law Review, 2026), “Is this the death of addbacks? A review of Shinohara & Shinohara” (with Lisa Young, Australian Journal of Family Law, 2026), and “Embryos as property in family law proceedings: The implications of and questions arising from Leena & Leena” (Australian Journal of Family Law, 2025). Awards include UWA Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2025, 2024) and the APSA 2024 Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize. She is a Lawyer Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee, South Metropolitan Area Health Service (Fiona Stanley Hospital), and the Central Human Research Ethics Committee, Department of Health.