Personal profile

Biography

I am a social scientist with clinical training. I draw on sociology of health and illness, health services research, and implementation science. I have experience in theory-guided evaluations, interactions between evidence, policy and practice, and co-productive approaches to research. These interests developed through my service improvement activities as a rehabilitation physician in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. In 2019, I completed a Professional Doctorate alongside my clinical work, addressing a policy and practice gap in conceptualisations of support for self-management. Since my transition into academia, I have gained experience in public health, and health & social care services research, at the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, before moving to Northumbria University in 2024. I also work clinically with the NGO Medical Justice.

Research interests

My research interests encompass:

  • Health and social care integration, including workforce development
  • Complex intervention development, implementation and evaluation
  • The lived experience of people who draw on care and support
  • Trauma-informed approaches for forced migrants
  • Knowledge mobilisation, particularly through academic-policy engagement.

I am interested in discussing PhD supervision in these (or related) areas, with potential applicants.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Health Studies, PhD

Neurosciences, MSc

Medicine, MBChB(Hons)

PGCert, Learning and Teaching

PGCert, Leading in a Clinical Context

External positions

Medical Justice, London, UK