He is a former military psychologist for the Australian Regular Army and previous Australian Secretary of Defence Scholar. He has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in psychology, Information Technology, and his Ph.D. specialised in the optimisation of injury surveillance systems in civilian and military populations. Adam has previously worked in support of the Australian Defence Injury Prevention Program, and has more recently consulted to the Australian Department of Defence on manual handling injuries (e.g. military working dog handlers, load carriage among soldiers, RSI among call centre staff, etc.), the integration of Australia’s Work Health and Safety Legislation in capability development, and policy development related to the ongoing prevention of injury in the Australian Department of Defence.