About
Current role:
Reader in Musculoskeletal Biology, University of Liverpool
Director of the BBSRC/MRC Extracellular Matrix ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network, ECMage. ECMage network
Previous roles:
Research Lead, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool
EuroAgeNet Director. EuroAgeNet
Deputy Head of the Department of Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science, University of Liverpool
Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biology, University of Liverpool
Lecturer in Orthopaedic Sciences, University of Liverpool
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Qualifications:
PhD Biochemistry (Arthritis Research UK studentship), University of Manchester
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Liverpool
BSc Hons (2:1) Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Diploma in Statistics, Open University
Prizes or Honours
- Presentation prize at the CIMA/CMAR joint meeting 'Musculoskeletal ageing research from discovery to improved health' (The Bone Research Society, 2023)
- "Best of British" oral presentation prize, sponsored by the British Dupuytren's Society (International Conference on Dupuytren Disease and Related Diseases, 2022)
- The Rupert Timpl Award, International Society for Matrix Biology (International Society for Matrix Biology, 2006)
- The Masson-Gulland Memorial Prize and Medal, University of Nottingham (University of Nottingham, Chemistry Department, 1997)