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I joined the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre at Keele in August 2009 as a Research Assistant: Systematic Reviewer, from the Centre of Ageing and Mental Health at Staffordshire University where I was a Post-doctoral Research Officer involved in a project to evaluate the reconfiguration of Mental Health services in Sandwell.
Following an undergraduate degree in Zoology (Cardiff 1989) I completed a PhD in Zoology at Aberdeen University (1994) and subsequently held a number of Post-doctoral fellow positions as a field-based researcher studying a variety of mammals including bats and chimpanzees.
My interest in health grew whilst working in Africa and led me to study for an MA in overseas development (Manchester University, 2002) with particular emphasis on the health implications of forced mass displacement.
My research interests are broad and cover
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Musculoskeletal pain
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Arthritis and related conditions
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Effectiveness of Alternative and Complementary therapies
Selected Publications
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2013. Home Range of Mahale Chimpanzees: From 16 years’ Data. Primates: journal of primatology, vol. 54(2), 171-182. doi>
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2013. The role of Western herbal Medicine in the treatment of gout. Journal of Herbal Medicine. doi>
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2012. Assessing the effectiveness of the ‘Human Givens’ approach in treating depression: A quasi experimental study in primary care. Mental Health Review, vol. 17(2), 90-103. doi>
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2012. The Emotional Needs Audit (ENA): A report on its validity and reliability. Mental Health Review, vol. 17(2), 81-89. doi>
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2009. Prevalence of muzzle-rubbing and hand-rubbing behavior in wild chimpanzees in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Primates, vol. 50(2), 184-189. doi>
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Journal Articles
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2013. Home Range of Mahale Chimpanzees: From 16 years’ Data. Primates: journal of primatology, vol. 54(2), 171-182. doi>
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2013. The role of Western herbal Medicine in the treatment of gout. Journal of Herbal Medicine. doi>
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2012. Assessing the effectiveness of the ‘Human Givens’ approach in treating depression: A quasi experimental study in primary care. Mental Health Review, vol. 17(2), 90-103. doi>
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2012. The Emotional Needs Audit (ENA): A report on its validity and reliability. Mental Health Review, vol. 17(2), 81-89. doi>
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2009. Prevalence of muzzle-rubbing and hand-rubbing behavior in wild chimpanzees in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Primates, vol. 50(2), 184-189. doi>
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2008. Human Givens Therapy: The Evidence Base. Mental Health Review Journal, vol. 13(4), 44-52.
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2008. Up close and personal with Mahale chimpanzees-a path forward. American Journal of Primatology, vol. 70(8), 729-733. doi>
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2007. Recognition, intervention, prevention. Public Service Review: Health and Social Care, vol. 10.
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2005. Environmental education as a component of multidisciplinary conservation programs: Lessons from conservation initiatives for critically endangered fruit bats in the western Indian Ocean. Conservation Biology, vol. 19(1), 75-85.
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2004. Neocortex size predicts deception rate in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, vol. 271(1549), 1693-1699. doi>
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2004. Education, education, education! Lessons from conservation initiatives for the Critically Endangered fruit bats Pteropus livingstonii, P. rodricensis and P. voeltzkowi in the Western Indian Ocean, concerning locally-based bat population monitoring programmes. Bat Research News, vol. 45(3), 161.
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2004. Sex difference in chimpanzee handedness. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 123(1), 62-68. doi>
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2003. Demography, female life history, and reproductive profiles among the chimpanzees of Mahale. American Journal of Primatology, vol. 59(3), 99-121. doi>
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2002. Leaf processing by wild chimpanzees: Physically defended leaves reveal complex manual skills. Ethology, vol. 108(8), 673-696.
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2002. The ontogeny of manual skill in wild chimpanzees: Evidence from feeding on the fruit of Saba florida. Behaviour, vol. 139, 137-168.
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2001. Manual dexterity in the gorilla: bimanual and digit role differentiation in a natural task. Animal Cognition, vol. 4(3-4), 347-361. doi>
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2001. Estimating the complexity of animal behaviour: How mountain gorillas eat thistles. Behaviour, vol. 138, 525-557.
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1999. Daily energy expenditure of free-living male Wood Mice in different habitats and seasons. Functional Ecology, vol. 13(5), 585-593.
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1999. Major long-term changes in the ecology of the Ythan estuary, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; how important are physical factors?. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 9(2), 219-236.
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1998. The influence of rainfall on range in a female desert ungulate: the Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Zoology, vol. 246, 369-377.
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1997. The diet of Pteropus voeltzkowi, an endangered fruit bat endemic to Pemba Island, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, vol. 35(4), 351-360.
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1997. Apparent absorption efficiency and gut morphometry of wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, from two distinct populations with different diets. Physiological Zoology, vol. 70(6), 610-614.
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1997. Seasonal variation in the resting metabolic rate of male wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus from two contrasting habitats 15 km apart. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, vol. 167(3), 229-239.
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1997. Status and distribution of the Pemba flying fox Pteropus voeltzkowi. Oryx, vol. 31(2), 135-142.
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1997. Ranging behaviour and time budgets of male wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus in different habitats and seasons. Oecologia, vol. 109(2), 242-250.
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1991. Accumulation of heavy metals from polluted soils by the earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus: can laboratory exposure of 'control' worms reduce biomonitoring problems?. Environmental Pollution, vol. 74(1), 39-52. doi>
Chapters
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1992. Assessing soil metal pollution with earthworms: Indices derived from regression analyses. In Ecotoxicology of earthworms. Greig-Smith PW, Becker H, Edwards PI, Heimbach F (Eds.). Intercept Ltd.
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Currently studying for a BSc in Herbal Medicine (due to complete September 2012)
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Student Affiliate of the National Institute of Medicinal Herbalists
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Lay member of the Reiki Council

