Health Inequalities. Health practices. Health promotion especially to under-resesarched groups. Women in the justice system. Hoarding. Innovative qualitative methods.

My primary research focus is preventative health and poverty, working closely with community partners. This includes work such as food and housing insecurity (including hoarding), health literacy (e.g. in cancer prevention)  and working with under-researched groups. I am especially interested in taking as Asset Based approach to Communtiy Development and focusing on what makes us well (salutogenesis). 

I am deputy lead of Theme 1 - behaviour, inequalities and health at the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing https://healthyageingnorwich.com/theme/theme-1-behaviour-inequalities-and-health/ 

I am part of the SCORES project https://www.scoresproject.org/ an independent research study designed to better understand the cognitive health of athletes as they age. Our current focus is former professional footballers.

I teach across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on preventative health and public health. I lead the post-graduate Introduction to Research Methods - Qualitative Research Methods.

I am actively involved in public engagement and the promotion of science contributing to local events such as Norwich Science Festival, Pint of Science and local media. 

I am a research adviser to the Howard League for Penal Reform. Currently we are particularly interested in mild traumatic head injury in women in the justice system and palliative care in prisons. I am adviser to the Norfolk Green Care Network https://ngcnetwork.wordpress.com/ One of our interests is 'Green Social prescribing'

My primary focus is community based preventative health, poverty and inequalities.