Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae
I qualified in medicine in 2012 and completed foundation training in the East of England. I then completed core surgical training as an academic clinical training, after which I decided to re-focus my career on public health. As a bridge to switching careers, I completed a PhD at the Global Surgery Unit at the University of Birmingham. I then undertook public health medicine specialty training. I have trained across the NHS, local government, central government, and academia.
Associate Professor, University of Birmingham, UK.
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Birmingham City Council, UK.
Current academic roles
Pandemic preparedness lead - Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Data and modelling lead - NIHR Unit on Global Surgery & NIHR Group on Environmentally Sustainable Hospitals in LMICs .
Academic co-lead - Sandwell Health Determinants Research Collaborations.
Postgraduate researcher committee - Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham. This involves chairing annual PhD student review meetings.
Public Health Lead for integrated clinical academic training (ACFs/ACLs) - University of Birmingham.
Total >200 papers (PubMed).
h-index of 52 (Google Scholar).
First author Lancet publications (PubMed).
Lead applicant
Evaluation of elective surgery hubs, funding by Evaluation Accelerator Fund - Cabinet Office (2025-26).
Co-applicant on >£30m research funding, including:
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response (2025-30).
NIHR Group on Environmentally Sustainable Hospitals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (link, 2024-28).
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children (link, 2024-28).
Sandwell Health Determinants Research Collaboration (link, 2024-28).
Coventry Health Determinants Research Collaboration (link, 2022-27).
The effect of Appendectomy on the Clinical Course of Ulcerative Colitis (link, 2019-23)
Reinforcement of Closure of Stoma Site Randomised Controlled Trial (link, 2016-18).
Named collaborator: