Fia Jephson Sandstrom joined the NZ-China NCD Research Collaboration Centre as an administrator in June 2017. Prior to this, Fia worked as an administrator for the educational centre at the Orebro Regional Hospital in Sweden, where she is originally from. She has also previously worked as a Coordinator at the research and development department of Atlas Copco, and as a Project Coordinator for Wellington based new media company CWA.