I’m an NIHR Advanced Fellow at the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, a practising GP and a Registered Health Psychologist. My research interests include the application of digital technology and psychological theory to improving patients' experiences of primary care.

After qualifying with a BSSc in Psychology from Queen's University Belfast, I completed a PhD at the University of Leeds and worked there as a Research Fellow before returning to student life to study Medicine. I finished my medical degree in 2010, completed my academic foundation training in York, was a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Sheffield during my GP training, and then moved to Manchester to take up a post as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care. 

I'm interested in how digital technology and psychological theory can be used to improve patients' experiences of primary care. I've examined the issue of quality assurance of mobile health apps, looked at how mobile technology can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, and explored what patients want from online access to their primary care record. My current projects include work on how patients' online access to their health records could be used as a tool to motivate health behaviour change.

- Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Registered Health Psychologist
- Chartered Psychologist
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology
- Member of the Society for Academic Primary Care

- PhD supervision (3 current)

- Manchester Access Programme (MAP) tutor 2021, 2022, 2023

- Deputy Academic Lead for Assessment at Manchester Medical School 2020-2021

- MB ChB Personal Excellence Pathway supervisor 2020-2021

- MB ChB Academic Advisor - Personal and Professional Development 2017-2019