My background is in health-related social research, working across the statutory and third sector. Following a spell overseas conducting evaluations of food aid distributions and managing an oral history project across Sahelian Africa, I moved into the research department of the Health Education Authority and from there became a freelance research consultant for a range of organisations including UNESCO and the Department of Health.

I have a keen interest in supporting staff to enable them to provide better patient care and worked as Head of Development for the Point of Care Foundation, rolling out Schwartz Rounds, a form of reflective staff support.

In 2020 I completed a PhD exploring national policy for end-of-life care. I am now an assistant professor based in PHES working on an NIHR fellowship exploring links between young people's membership of criminal gangs, mental health and school exclusion.