Primary Care & Health Sciences

I came to Keele in 2007 as an NIHR Walport Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology. Following my undergraduate medical training in Nottingham (1996) I undertook postgraduate training in Manchester with an MSc Clinical Rheumatology (2003) and a PhD (2007).

Currently I work as a clinical academic at Keele and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at the Haywood Hospital.

My research interests include

• Clinical outcomes of sciatica
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Management of musculoskeletal conditions at the primary/secondary care interface

• Undergraduate clinical teaching in Rheumatology
• Postgraduate teaching on ASPiRE and Musculoskeletal Management at the Interface Modules
• Assist with organisation of medical undergraduate intercalation programme