Primary Care & Health Sciences

I qualified as a physiotherapist in 1991 from Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, before going on to gain a Masters in Public Health Sciences at Edinburgh University and PhD in 1998 from Manchester University. I joined the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre at Keele University in 1999.

I am a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (52303) and Health Professions Council (PH45411).

My principle research interests are the descriptive epidemiology of joint pain and osteoarthritis and diagnostic and prognostic research for common musculoskeletal disorders in primary care. I lead a multidisciplinary team conducting population and clinical studies with programme grant funding from the Medical Research Council and Arthritis Research UK.

CLM-40003     Statistics & epidemiology

At present I serve as Deputy Chair on Arthritis Research UK’s Osteoarthritis & Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group Steering committee. I act as an independent peer reviewer of grant applications and reports for national and international bodies (total value >£3 million), journal article submissions to general and specialist journals, and abstract submissions to national conferences. I am a member of the UK HTA College of Experts.