Dr. Evans is a a gynaecologist, pain medicine physician and PhD with special interest in improving the quality of life of girls and women with dysmenorrhoea, chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. Dr. Evans studied Medicine at the University of Tasmania, winning the Surgery Prize in her final year. She completed her specialist training in Gynecology in Adelaide in 1996, and during her last 20 years in private practice, Dr Evans personally performed over 100 laparoscopies per year. In 2015 she co-founded the not-for-profit, Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia. In 2017 she founded Alyra Biotech to facilitate the commercial development of novel therapies for pelvic pain. She is co-author of the Periods, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEP-Talk) Schools Program, and a member of the Implementation Committee for Australia’s National Action Plan for EndometriosisDr. Evans has a strong commitment to teaching, research and advocacy in pelvic pain. She has authored and co-authored several research papers and books , including ‘Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain’ and the policy document ‘The $6 Billion Woman and the $600 Million Girl: The Pelvic Pain Report’. Her research interests through the University of Adelaide include her personal PhD research resulting in the novel unifying, Toll-Like Receptor-mediated, Immune Theory for dysmenorrhoea, chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. She is involved in medical student teaching on pelvic pain, and has co-supervised 3 students through to completion of their PhD. She is currently involved in supervising research into the Language of Pelvic Pain, as a mechanism for improved communication between health practitioners and women affected by pain. . Dr Evans has been a Member of the Advisory Board of the Robinson Research Institute since 2015.