Experience

Manchester Health and Care Commissioning

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Evidence and Research Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  In my role I will be responsible for providing specialist technical expertise in the acquisition, interpretation and use of evidence and research. This will help support the development of plans and business cases to improve the health and wellbeing of Manchester residents and implement new and redesigned models of health and social care. Additionally I will be seeking to engage and work closely with a range of stakeholders across the city, in order to maximise the appropriate use of evidence and research across MHCC and its partners. Show less



The University of Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT RESEARCHER

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  The purpose of my role is to support the Connected Health City Greater Manchester team in setting up a Public Forum. I am also responsible for coordinating Public Engagement and Involvement input across a range of projects, including but not limited to two care pathways redesign projects, ensuring we capture and share best practice. In addition to the public engagement strand I will also continue to pursue an active research agenda within health and social care. The purpose of my role is to support the Connected Health City Greater Manchester team in setting up a Public Forum. I am also responsible for coordinating Public Engagement and Involvement input across a range of projects, including but not limited to two care pathways redesign projects, ensuring we capture and share best practice. In addition to the public engagement strand I will also continue to pursue an active research agenda within health and social care.



The Manchester Metropolitan University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  Employed on the ProFouND project (European collaborative falls prevention programme), my duties included organising the design and administration of online quantitative surveys and providing access and guidance to European partners to online data encryption software to facilitate the exchange of European wide falls data. Additional duties included analysing data from online quantitative surveys and attending data workshops and European collaborative falls prevention conference. Employed on the ProFouND project (European collaborative falls prevention programme), my duties included organising the design and administration of online quantitative surveys and providing access and guidance to European partners to online data encryption software to facilitate the exchange of European wide falls data. Additional duties included analysing data from online quantitative surveys and attending data workshops and European collaborative falls prevention conference.



The Manchester Metropolitan University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research associate

  • 2005 - 2012

  From 2007 to 2012 I worked at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) as a research associate on a diverse range of research projects. I was responsible for designing and managing research projects for a range of research partners and stakeholders. I have considerable experience of liaising with and coordinating the engagement and participation of clinicians, health and social care practitioners, commissioners and research participants to ensure research is grounded in real world processes and procedures. My role at MMU also included designing, implementing and managing research training programmes for stakeholders recruited from diverse communities across Manchester. These training programme were designed to facilitate knowledge exchange amongst health and social care practitioners, academic researchers and health and social care recipients. Show less