In 2004, Carey was appointed Adjunct Professor for the Department of Occupational Therapy at La Trobe University[3] and in 2013 became a member of the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee of the university. In 2010 was appointed to the Faculty of the Florey Institute. In addition, in 2013 she was elected to the Australian Academy of Science and at the same time was elected the Chair of the Inaugural Australian Occupational Therapy Research Foundation.[2]