Professor Phillips is a Member of the Order of Australia (2020), the Medical Director of Companion House Medical Service, and leads the Social Foundations of Medicine group at the Australian National University Medical School. Professor Phillips is a general practitioner with over twenty-five years of clinical experience and an expertise in health and health care of marginalised persons and populations, and quality in health care. She co-founded and served as Chair of the Refugee Health Network of Australia and has been an advisor for UNHCR, the Migration Council of Australia, and State and Federal departments of Health and Human services.