Behaviour change for safer, better healthcare.
I study how people and organisations change, and turn that evidence into safer healthcare. My work spans patient safety and implementation science, with particular expertise in realist methods. I am Deputy Lead for Pathways and Culture and Co-Lead for Academic Career Development at the NIHR Midlands Patient Safety Research Collaboration, University of Birmingham.
Research Fellow II NIHR Midlands PSRC · University of Birmingham
Secured over £2.1 million in research funding to date, including £300k as Principal Investigator and £1.75m as Co-Investigator across NIHR and NHS-funded projects.
First-author publications since 2018, with an H-index of 15 and first-author citation impact more than double the global field-weighted average.
Field-weighted policy impact — my research is cited in policy documents at 3.47 times the world average for my field (according to SciVal), including NICE guidance, UK Parliament evidence and OECD reports.
Career timeline
From PhD to Principal Investigator
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Key Highlights
Four programmes of research
Explore my main research projects — each illustrated card below is clickable and links to a full page of publications, grants and impact.
Understanding and reducing unprofessional behaviour between healthcare staff
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How, when and why inter-organisational collaboration in the NHS works
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Building a safety net for earlier diagnosis of lung cancer
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Methodological innovations across realist methods and behavioural science
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From live seminar to open online course
A deep-dive into how I co-built an Implementation Science CPD course — and the collaboration, convening and platform-building skills behind it.
Building the Implementation Science Masterclass CPD Course
View case study →How I lead
From Chief Investigator of an NHS clinical trial during my PhD, to sole research fellow delivering two NIHR projects on time, to co-leading academic career development in the PSRC, line-managing researchers and supervising PhD and master's students. I believe in robust project management, mentoring the next generation of researchers, and putting equality, diversity and inclusion at the forefront of everything I do.
Problems I solve
From unprofessional behaviour between healthcare staff to missed follow-up of lung cancer patients, I specialise in changing human behaviour in complex healthcare contexts. I combine realist methods, behavioural science, and qualitative and quantitative research to turn intractable problems into actionable programme theories and practical guidance.
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