About
OVERVIEW:
I am a Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research with a psychology background in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems.
My work focuses on optimising and ensuring equity in health and social care services. This involves examining care delivery, costs, quality, organisation, and impacts on individuals and groups, as well as developing and testing new interventions and devices.
A key focus of my research is on long-term health conditions and the associated use of urgent and emergency care services.
I use various research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and economic approaches, often combining them.
ROLES & AFFILIATIONS include:
* Honorary Vice President for Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association)
* Deputy Head for the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems
* Served on scientific advisory panels and funding committees for NIHR HS&DR, NIHR RfPB, and Epilepsy Research UK
* Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
* Previous Research & Impact Lead for the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems
* Departmental Concordat Development Lead
* Lead for teaching 'Psychology and Sociology as Applied to Medicine' for Year 3 of the MBChB
* Lead/Co-Investigator on numerous national and international studies
* Steering committee member for the Subarachnoid Hemorrhage International Triaists Repository (SAHIT). St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada.
* Supervisor/Co-Supervisor for 4 PhD students and line manager for 3 research associates
* Member of the Institute’s UoA 4 REF output evaluation panel
* Service on Faculty's Diverse Outputs support fund
* Core member of the North-West Epilepsy Group and Liverpool Seizure Research Group
* Core member of the North-West Epilepsy Doctoral Training Centre
* Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PR094986)
* Serving member of the International League Against Epilepsy (1362)
* Featured in media outlets including The Guardian, BBC News, Channel 4 News, and ITV News
GRANTS
• 2025 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) scheme. AMOUNT: £217,492.00 TITLE: Optimising the clinical pathway of patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness (OPTILOC). ROLLE: Co-applicant.
• 2024 FUNDER: Angelini Pharma Ltd. AMOUNT: £250,000. TITLE: A multi-method PRoject to maximise efficient and equitable pathways tO suPport from a rEgional epiLepsy centre (PROPEL). ROLLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2024 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) scheme. AMOUNT: £2,773,756.60. TITLE: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for epilepsy in children and adults: Assessment of Longer
term clinical and cost Effectiveness in a Randomised controlled Trial (VNS-ALERT)). ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2024 FUNDER: Epilepsy Research Institute. AMOUNT: £287,558.00 (plus matched institutional funding) TITLE: North-West Epilepsy Doctoral Training Centre (Cognition in epilepsy). ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2023 FUNDER: Epilepsy Action. AMOUNT: £19,000 (plus matched institutional funding) TITLE: Seizures and Epilepsy in nursing and care HOMes Pilot Study. ROLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2022 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) scheme. AMOUNT: £249,000.00. TITLE: Supporting the ambulance service to safely convey fewer patients to hospital
by developing a risk prediction tool: Risk of ADverse Outcomes after a Suspected Seizure (RADOSS). ROLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2020 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) scheme. AMOUNT: £149,162.00. TITLE: Developing a preconception care pathway for women with epilepsy in the UK: identifying key interventions and patient-reported outcomes using a mixed methods Delphi consensus approach. ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2019 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme. AMOUNT: £441,850.80. TITLE: Developing patient-centred, feasible alternative care for emergency department users with epilepsy. A model for service design. ROLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2019 FUNDER: Medical Research Council (SPRINT programme). AMOUNT: £ 214,398.TITLE: PED4PED - People with Epilepsy sharing Data for care with Paramedics and the Emergency Department.. ROLE: Co-applicant. •
• 2016 FUNDER: Department of Health, Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA). AMOUNT: £988,937. TITLE: North West Coast Connected Health Cities. ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2015 FUNDER: Knowledge Exchange and Impact Voucher Scheme (KE&I). AMOUNT: £10,000. TITLE: Building a partnership with the UK ambulance service: a project to improve the support given to ambulance crews in the management of seizures. ROLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2014 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme. AMOUNT: £424,127. TITLE: ‘Seizure first Aid training For Epilepsy’ (SAFE) for people with epilepsy who attend emergency departments, and their family and friends: intervention development and pilot. ROLE: Chief Investigator.
• 2014 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. North-West CLAHRC. AMOUNT: £289,628. TITLE: Improving access and coordination of care for adults presenting to emergency care with seizures: Care Pathway for Seizures (CAPS). ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2012 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) scheme. AMOUNT: £1,308,902. TITLE: Self-Management education for adults with poorly controlled epilepsy (SMILE). A Randomised Controlled Trial. ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2012 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health (BRC) scheme. AMOUNT: £15,448. TILE: Self-management for epilepsy: Translating a new model for understanding patient outcome into improved NHS care. ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2012 FUNDER: Epilepsy Bereaved. AMOUNT: £10,000. TITLE: Cornwall Epilepsy Life Project. A qualitative study of the views of people with epilepsy of black ethnic background about managing epilepsy in their social context. ROLE: Co-applicant.
• 2011 FUNDER: National Institute for Health Research. Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) scheme. AMOUNT: £225,116. TITLE: Self-management migraine headache education (SHE): a pilot trial. ROLE: Co-applicant.