I am a consultant public health physician and a clinical academic working in health services research. My research uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to study health care and public health services. I have a particular interest in evaluating and improving acute hospital services.

I qualified in medicine from Imperial College and undertook my specialist clinical training in London. I completed a PhD within the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London, funded by a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship. I have Masters degrees in both Public Health (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Bioethics (University of Surrey).  Prior to undertaking my PhD, I held an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in public health at UCL. Before that I was an academic foundation trainee at Imperial College London, and worked as a junior doctor at Charing Cross and the Hammersmith Hospitals.

In 2016, I completed the NIHR leadership development programme for senior postdocs. In 2014, I was awarded the European Health Management Association's annual research award for my doctoral work. The same year, I was also the first non-US recipient of the Presidential Scholarship for early career researchers, awarded by AcademyHealth, the American professional association for health services research and policy.