Hi @sarontt thank you for your response! I have been desperately trying to find a solution for this as it blocked my dev sprint. I have happily resolved the issue this morning! Thank you for your help, I hope you have a great week!
Just in case others might find this useful I am sharing a link from another post for health sciences child theme. [SOLVED] OJS Health Sciences Child Theme - Unable to Load Parent Theme Styling - #2 by Vitaliy