My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD University of Wales (2002)

Other academic service (administration and management)

Deputy Head of Faculty Research Degrees Committee

Research Degrees Co-ordinator for Life Sciences

Theme Lead for Cardiovascular Science

Centre for Bioscience steering group committee member

DClinSci Cardiovascular units lead

REF UoA03 panel member

Co-chair of the Department of Life Sciences Athena SWAN committee

(http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/ & http://www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk/athena_swan/women_in_science/18/)

Member of the GMO committee

External examiner roles

External examiner for intercalated BSc at Leeds University

Prizes and awards

The Annual North West Vascular meeting Oct 19

MMU Public Engagement Champion Award, 2018.

Poster prize at British Society for Cardiovascular Research 2014

Prize for best oral presentation at the CMFT R&I exhibition, Manchester (2010).

Travel feIlowship award from the British Society of Gene Therapy (2008).

Prize for best oral presentation at the European Council for Cardiovascular Research, Nice (2005).

Prize for best oral presentation at the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, Manchester
(2004).

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

Action Medical Research

Medical Research Council

British Heart Foundation

Kidney Research UK

Visiting and honorary positions

Honorary Reader at University of Manchester

Editorial Board membership

Guest editor for Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Membership of professional associations

Council member of the European Vascular Biology Organisation

Member of the British Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (http://www.bsgct.org/en/)

Member of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research (http://www.bscr.org)

Member of the British Atherosclerosis Society 

Projects

Public engagement
European City of Science Events; Blood vessel ageing (Arndale Centre) & Women in Science- the science of cocktails event (Cane and Grain)

Manchester Science Festival

Open days for prospective students and their families

Teaching

How I’ll teach you

Vascular biology

Vascular calcification

Atherosclerosis

Endothelial repair

Microvesicles

Cellular science

Skills for Healthcare Science

Immunological techniques

Histology

Molecular biology techniques

Pathology of neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders

Postgraduate teaching

STP Clinical Science

MSc Biomedical Science

DClinSci

Research outputs

  • Determining the pathogenic mechanisms underpinning diseases such as atherosclerosis, vascular calcification, diabetes, Lupus and neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders.
  • Developing new therapeutic strategies to target disease including drug, gene and cell therapies.
  • Investigating cell trafficking and signalling across the vessel wall from the peripheral blood to the brain and other organs following haematopoietic stem cell transplant.