I teach various students, from undergraduate pharmacy and medical students to postgraduate students wishing to become independent prescribers. My teaching focuses on taking the theory and putting it into practice using my experience as a practising pharmacist. I try to achieve this through a ranging of teaching activities including small group teaching where we take problems and work through them together and student engagement using quick fire questions in larger groups.

My research interests are mainly focused on drugs in sport, sexual health and substance misuse. My first award was just over £13,000 from Pharmacy Research UK to undertake a systematic review of the literature currently available, in order to establish whether or not there are identified modifiable patient factors that are known to influence adherence to oral contraceptives. The Brighton and Hove Council sexual health commissioners have used this document whilst reviewing local services. More recently in 2020, I was awarded ~£15,000 by Health Education England for research into"Understanding the preparation for independent prescribing skills in current early career and undergraduate pharmacists: A qualitative, interview study (South East of England perspective)"

I graduated from the University of Brighton in 2001 and began my career in community pharmacy. Since then, I have gained extensive experience as a prescribing advisor across the Southeast from 2004 to 2011. I obtained my prescribing qualification in 2007 and have utilised the skills acquired through my postgraduate qualifications, which include a PGDip in Community Pharmaceutical Healthcare and a PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

I am currently undertaking a professional doctorate at the University of Keele with a focus on advancing our knowledge around independent prescribing.

I have developed postgraduate pharmacy provisions in response to local, regional, and national initiatives, collaborating with relevant stakeholders such as local Clinical Commissioning Groups, practising pharmacists, the Joint Programme Board, Health Education Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education. Notably, I have been involved in initiatives like Sexual Health provision and non-medical prescribing.

I am a strong advocate for the advancement of pharmacy within the healthcare team and am a member of various local and regional professional groups, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Sussex, the Surrey and Sussex Local Professional Network for Pharmacy, and the HEKSS Safe Prescribing Committee. In 2021, I was awarded the Fellowship of the RPS in recognition of my contributions to the profession.

I have been instrumental in creating a core focus on career progression for undergraduates from the start of their courses, fostering a lifelong learning ethos for the graduates of the University of Brighton.