2015 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Health Nutrition, University of Alberta, Canada

2009 - 2015 Research Assistant in Public Health Nutrition, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and NIHR Nutrition Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton UK

2009 - present, member of International Society of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

2011 - present, member of International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity

2022 - present member of the European Social Simulation Association

I am interested in the development of dietary patterns in early childhood, particularly the preschool years. I work across the disciplines of nutrition, epidemiology, and health psychology to assess influences on the establishment of healthy diets. My current research also crosses the discpline of computer science by incorporating the use of complex systems modelling to simulate the multiple influences, and their interactions, on diet development in the Agent-based Modelling of Behaviours In Early NuTrition (AMBIENT) study.

Module leader for PY2505 Lifespan Development (2^nd Year BSc Psychology)
Module leader for PY4515 Lifespan Development (MSc Psychology Conversion)
Module leader for PYM715 Health Inequalities and Public Health (MSC Health Psychology)
Module leader for PYM725 Health Inequalities and Public Health (MSc Health Psychology – Online)

2024 ‘Mapping the system of influences on the uptake of the Healthy Start Programme in Walsall’ Collaboration with Public Health Walsall Council

2018  'Infant Feeding Following Diabetes in Pregnancy (IFFDiP) study. Collaboration between University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services. A mixed methods project incorporating a nested case-control study and qualitative interviews to assess the impact of diabetes management in pregnancy on subsequent infant feeding.

2015 Food texture introduction and childhood diet quality in the Alberta PRegnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APRON) Study. Collaboration between University of Alberta, University of Calgary and Aston University. Project is assessing infant temperament, timing of food texture introduction and diet quality at age 3 years.