Gozde is a research fellow at the Centre for Health Economics and the project manager of the AHEAD, VALUE-Ig and the Disability Wellbeing Index projects. She holds academic qualifications in chemistry education, environmental sciences and nutrition sciences, having received her PhD from Deakin University's School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.

Her past research encompasses food and nutrition education in primary schools, school health interventions and consumer food behaviours. Her current research interests focus on co-design in health settings, quality of life and health preferences.