I am a Principal Teaching Fellow within the Division of Biosciences. I obtained my BSc Honours in Animal Developmental Biology from the University of Glasgow (1989), and my DPhil in Physiological Sciences in the Department of Human Anatomy, University of Oxford (1992). I became a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Imperial College, but then relocated with the laboratory to the University of Bristol with Professor Stafford Lightman and Dr Andy Levy (1992). In 1996, I was invited to join the Division of Molecular Endocrinology at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill London. In 2001, I was headhunted to the Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Imperial College London as a Governers' Lecturer. In 2005 I was awarded a Certificate of Advanced Study in Learning and Teaching from Imperial College, I became a HEA fellow and took up a teaching position within the Physiology Department at UCL, now the Division of Biosciences. I split my time between Biosciences and the Medical School. I am the deputy lead for year one, and module lead for year one Foundations of Health and Medical Practice and year two Endocrine Systems and Reproduction.