I completed my undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Manchester and after working as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London I went on to gain a studentship from the Medical Research Council to study for a masters degree in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I moved on to become an assistant to a Consultant Neuropsychologist working in neurorehabilitation in both inpatient and community settings. I then completed my doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University College London. After qualifying I took two part-time positions, one as a Research Psychologist at Imperial College London working on cohorts and RCTs  to study dementia and mild-cognitive impairment, and as an Older Adult Specialist clinician in the Islington IAPT service. I later gained a part-time Research Fellowship from a collaboration between UCL and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust alongside my clinical position. I gained a full-time Clinical Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust in 2016, and after delaying the start for a year in which I worked as a Clinical Coordinator and Research Lead for the IAPT service, this commenced in April 2017 and runs until April 2020.