I am a GP and NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research. My main research interests are in the early detection and prevention of cancer in primary care and the evaluation and implementation of new diagnostic tests.

I grew up and studied Medicine in Melbourne, Australia, on the land of the Wurundjeri people to whom I am endebted to. After obtaining my medical degree in Australia I moved to the UK where I completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship in General Practice in Bristol, working within the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol. I obtained Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in August 2018. I have also completed a Masters of Science (Public Health) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. My most recent post was a Clinical Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.

I am Associate Editor and Editorial Board member for the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), and Senior Board Member for BMC Cancer. I am also vice-chair of the Primary Care Academic Collaborative (PACT).

My primary research interests focus around the prevention and early detection of cancer in primary care. I have recently completed my PhD studying the potential impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic test for prostate cancer within primary care. I explored the accepatability, cost effectiveness, and patient centred outcomes associated with MRI. I have conducted and published research employing systematic reviews and meta-analyses, observational studies using primary and secondary data, delphi studies, and qualitative interviews on a range of topics including prostate cancer diagnoses, hypoalbuminaemia and cancer risk in primary care, and HPV vaccination for cancer prevention.