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- Research Fellow
- Inflammation
- Div of Medicine
- Faculty of Medical Sciences
- 2022-Present: Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellow -University College London, Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology and Centre for Cardiometabolic and Vascular Science, UK - The role of CD8+ T-cell metabolism and type-I IFN in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and accelerated atherosclerosis
- 2018-2022: Postdoctoral fellow - University College London, Centre for Rheumatology - Using multi-omics to investigate pathogenic mechanisms of juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
- 2015-2018: PhD - University College London, Centre for Rheumatology, UK - Understanding the immunometabolic pathogenesis of juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
- 2014: Studentship - Nottingham University, Medicine &Health Sciences, UK - Investigating actin and the myosin-Va transport protein in the transport of melanosomes
- 2012-2015: BSc Biochemistry - University of Nottingham, UK


My research is aimed at understanding both immune and metabolic pathological mechanisms of juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and associated comorbidities. Investigating early disease pathogenesis in younger patients can allow early intervention to improve long-term prognosis.
My research uses extremely rare patient cohorts to combine immunological laboratory techniques, in-depth multi-omic (immune-phenotype, proteomic, metabolomic, and transcriptomic) data, and artificial intelligence modelling to understand the disease.
My basic and translational research has been recognised through successful publications, competitive grant awards as principal investigator, and prestigious academic awards, including the BSI Early CareerResearch Excellence Award, BSR Garrod Award, EULAR Basic Science Award, and thePReS EMERGE Basic/Translational Science Award.
I am a proud member of many influential committees across the immunology and rheumatology research communities, including the BSI Member Representative Forum, Versus Arthritis Fellows Network, and PReS EMERGECommittee. I support research culture as well as equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in research at UCL through my role as co-chair of the UCLDivision of Medicine Early Career Research Network Committee and membership of the Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team.
2022-present: 2 PhD students (secondary supervisor): Projects in Rheumatology, Division ofMedicine, UCL
2021: 1 Summer placement (primary supervisor): LIDo Summer Research ExperiencePlacement Scheme student
2019-present: 4 BSc students (primary supervisor): Projects in Applied Medical Science, Division of Medicine, UCL
2019-2020: Personal tutor: 5 students in the Division of Medicine, UCL
2019-2022: BSc lecturer: Students in the UCL ‘Malnourishment and Obesity’ and ‘AppliedMedical Sciences’ courses
2019-2023: MSc/MRes lecturer: Students in the ‘Human Tissue Repair’ and ‘Disease-related malnutrition' courses
2019-present: 15 BSc/MSc/MRes dissertation examinations: 11 MSc/MRes projects and 4 BSc projects across UCL Clinical Drug Development, Human Tissue Repair, Applied Medical Science, and Clinical and Public Health Nutrition courses.
2017-present: 8 MSc students (primary supervisor): Projects in Drug Design, Nutrition and Precision Medicine, Division of Medicine, UCL (all distinction)
01-APR-2022 – 31-MAR-2027 | Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellow | Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology | UCL, United Kingdom |
15-OCT-2018 – 31-MAR-2022 | Post Doctoral Scientist | Rheumatology | UCL, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2015 – 15-OCT-2018 | PhD Student | Rheumatology | UCL, United Kingdom |