I am a health services researcher with a PhD in Public Health and an MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases from LSHTM. My undergraduate degree was awarded in Pharmacy (MPharm) from the University of Bradford. I am primarily a qualitative researcher with a background in participatory approaches. I previously worked as a pharmacist in the UK for 9 years.
My doctoral research involved an evaluation of the Medicines Quality Assurance System in Senegal.
I am currently co-investigator for NIHR funded research on; i) a mixed methods national evaluation of Pharmacy First in England and ii) Social-Decarbon: Identifying and modelling targeted low-carbon social care services. I also work with the Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit (PIRU) on health and social care policy evaluation, co-leading two projects; an evaluability assessment of the AMR subscription model and an evaluation of the AMR National Action Plan 2024-2029.
I hold internal and external roles as Co-Programme Director for the MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing and Deputy Director of the AMR centre at LSHTM as well as Steering Group member of the NIHR funded BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre and Trustee of HSR UK.
Affiliations
Teaching
I am the Co-Programme Director for the MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing and Module Organiser for the Health Services intensive module.
I currently supervise three research degree students and I am open to accepting supervision requests from other prospective students.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
My work involves research and evaluation of policy interventions and initiatives in the NHS and social care in England. This has included policies associated with assessing care quality and patient safety, health professional regulation, workforce development and integrated care.
My research interests focus upon the implementation of health and social care policy in complex, fragmented systems involving multiple actors and non-linear change. These include Integrated Care Systems, community pharmacy, and adult social care, areas of growing national priority aligned with the UK Government’s ambition to shift care into the community. Across these contexts, my work is unified by a methodological approach drawing on policy analysis, implementation science, and Theory of Change frameworks to examine how policy translates into practice.
Selected Publications
