I am an independent health professions education (HPE) researcher based in the UK. Until March 2024, I was Head of Medical Education Research and Head of Doctoral Studies in the School of Medicine at the University of Dundee. I graduated from Dundee with a PhD in Medical Education in 2015 which focussed on healthcare leadership in the workplace. Following my post-doctorate studies, I worked for three years in University of St Andrews School of Management, before returning to University of Dundee in August 2019. Prior to that I worked clinically as a physiotherapist for several years before becoming a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Queen Margaret University.

My personal scholarly programme focusses on professional career trajectories, specifically transitions, leadership, identities and wellbeing. I am a highly experienced qualitative researcher and I have developed internationally recognised expertise in longitudinal qualitative research and using innovative methodologies such as longitudinal audio-diaries and video-reflexivity. I have published multiple high-quality papers in leading HPE journals and presented at multiple international HPE conferences. I have received funding from multiple sources totalling almost £500K post-PhD research funding, including commissioned qualitative evaluatons. I have recently been appointed to the Board of the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) as Director of Publications.