Jason is an Associate Professor and a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) with expertise in quality and safety in health and social care. He completed his PhD at Northumbria University in 2012 before moving into research posts at York St John University and Newcastle University, then returning to Northumbria in 2018.

Jason is the departmental co-lead for Postrgaduate Research. His teaching includes leading postgraduate 'Public Health Intelligence and Epidemiology' and 'Dissertation Projects' modules across MSc Healthcare Management and Masters of Public Health programmes and contributing to the undergraduate 'Communication Skills & Professional Boundaries' module on the Integrated Health & Social Care programme.

Jason's research interests are in applied health and social care research, with a particular focus on quality of care. He has completed or is involved in a number of research projects to develop and evaluate healthcare, social care and community interventions. He is the national academic lead for the Frequent Caller National Network (FreCaNN), where he helps to inform ambulance service policy and practice in relation to frequent callers across the UK.

Jason has around £2.5m of research funding as PI or co-applicant, and is currently involved in a number of funded research projects that utilise a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods:

• Developing a co-designed systems-level response to safety issues for residents transitioning from hospital to care homes (SafeST study, https://research.northumbria.ac.uk/safest) 
• An exploration of social deprivation and public attitudes in North East England and North Cumbria towards bystander cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (BCPR)
• Evaluation of the implementation of the High Intensity User (HIU) model of care
• STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained high needs – an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED)
• Understanding the role of Occupational Therapists in social prescribing
• Exploration of social isolation and loneliness amongst people who frequently use ambulance services
• Implementation of a primary care clinical decision support application, BBV_TP, to increase testing for HIV and viral hepatitis