About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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You can update the information for this section in Pure (opens in a new tab).
Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
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Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
Director of the Faculty of Medicine Graduate School 01.08.2022 -
Assessor for HEA Fellowship Awards
Reviewer for National Collaborative Awards in Teaching Excellence
Exam board chair (Medicine, UG and PGT)
Degree Programme revalidation chair
PhD examiner.
You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
I am an interdisciplinary researcher committed to the engagement of patients and the public in research and in taking science beyond the expert.
My research focus is on biological factors, and the mechanisms, that affect progression of common conditions in older age. I have published over 60 scientific papers in leading multidiscplinary journals, collaborating with scientists and clinicians in both public and private sectors.
After my PhD studying the associations between aging and Alzheimer's disease I joined the CNS Inflammation group led by Prof Hugh Perry in the Centre for Biological Sciences. My work used in-vivo models to explore how inflammation outside the brain exacerbates brain injuries in Multiple Sclerosis, and the mechanisms that are initiated after acute injury.
With the support of an MRC Discipline Hopping Grant I started to work with Prof Hywel Morgan in Electronics and computer Science. I used micro and nanofabrication methods to develop devices for controlled growth of neurons in culture, funded by the NC3Rs. This sparked my interest and enabled me to see the value in working across traditional discipline boundaries. I led an EU grant (FP7) workpackage to develop the use of organic nanoparticles, polymersomes, for drug delivery working with Prof Paul Dalton (Wurtzburg, Germany). This work immersed me in the intricacies of the anatomy and function of the inner hear in hearing loss, and led to my current work on improving hearing outcomes after cochlear implantation.
In 2015 I led the programme revalidation and became the programme lead of the Masters in Medical Science. I am now Director of the Faculty Graduate School in Medicine. In this role I am using my education and research expertise to enhance the experience of post-graduate researchers and staff in the faculty.
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
This section will only appear if you enter the information into Pure (opens in a new tab).
Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.