My broad research interests are in the areas of public health  and undergraduate medical education. My public health research looks at infectious diseases and the role of paediatric public health in secondary care (with a focus on children's public health in acute care settings). My education research focuses on the hidden aspects of the undergraduate medical curriculum - including the role of learning environments and the influence of social networks. 

Current projects include a study looking at the impact of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic on children with a newly diagnosed brain tumour and a project looking at how children's hospitals can address inequalities experienced by the populations they serve.

I am involved in teaching students across all five years of the undergraduate medical programme and supervise several postgraduate students.

I am Professor of Medicine within Lancaster Medical School and also a medical doctor working in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Public Health in Manchester.