I am a Consultant Senior Lecturer and Programme Director in Oral Surgery. Following specialty training via an NIHR academic clinical fellowship, I completed a Masters in Genomic Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Wellcome GW4-Clinical Academic Training PhD fellowship at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol.

My research focuses on head and neck cancer, employing novel genetic epidemiology methods to better understand risk and prognosis in this disease. This work utilises large international datasets for head and neck cancer, including Head and Neck 5000 and HEADSpace, conducted within the Epidemiology and health services research group and Bristol Population Health Science Institute.

As department lead for undergraduate Oral Surgery and Programme Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Oral Surgery, I have experience as both an academic and clinical supervisor and an active interest in dental education and pedagogy, ensuring teaching is based on the latest advances in practice.

I have served as a member of the British Association of Oral Surgeons council and spent three years as a Dental Specialty Ambassador for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I am currently the NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network Oral and Dental Specialty Lead for Southwest Central and a committee member for the Academy of Medical Sciences INSPIRE programme supporting medical, dental and veterinary undergraduate research.