I qualified from Edinburgh University and pursued a career in Paediatrics & Child Health with positions in Scotland, New Zealand and Western Australia. I completed my postgraduate paediatric training in Tayside in 2012 and have worked as a consultant in paediatrics since then. I have a clinical interest in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes and am an active member of the national clinical networks for each sub-specialty.  I am clinical lead for the Scottish Paediatric Endocrinology Group (SPEG) MCN and a paediatric representative on the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) group for diabetes in Scotland.  I was appointed as an NRS career research fellow in 2016 and continue to have an active research interest.

I am academic lead for paediatrics and child health in Tayside.  My main research interest is in health informatics. Specifically, how best to use routinely collected clinical data to inform best practice. This includes:

• Development, implementation and evaluation of a clinical decision support system within SCI-Diabetes - Scotland's national electronic health record for diabetes.  
  
• Evaluation of My Diabetes My Way - an electronic patient health record for people with diabetes.
• Development of artificial intelligence powered decision support
• Development of "virtual coaching" for people with chronic conditions
  

In addition, I am a prinicipal investigator on a number of paediatric, multicentre, industry and government funded studies.

I have regular undergraduate and postgraduate teaching commitments throughout the academic year. Previously, I had lead responsibility for the child health component of the Systems in Practice phase of the undergraduate curriculum.