I am currently a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Applied Health Research (DAHR) and am undertaking my PhD on boundaries between academic and health organisations in Academic Health Science Centres.

Prior to starting my fellowship in 2010, I worked in the NHS for 8 years in management and service improvement roles across acute care, commissioning and mental health, and therefore brings a practical understanding of the NHS to my research. Most recently, I was Service Manager for HIV and Sexual Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where I also held a Fellowship at the NIHR CLAHRC for North West London.

I have a first class degree in Politics from the University of Sheffield, where I was awarded the David Marquand prize for my dissertation on joined up government and drugs policy, and an MSc in Health Services Management (with distinction) from the University of Warwick, where I undertook my MSc dissertation on the role of the state and NHS values.