I entered full time research for a two year period in September 1999 at the University of Manchester , under the supervision of Professors Woodcock and Custovic. Working as part of the Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study (MAAS) team I completed my MD Thesis entitled “Environmental Allergens and Childhood Asthma” (awarded December 2002). After completing my clinical training and gaining my CCST in Respiratory Paediatric Medicine, I returned to work with the same research team as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow on a part time basis (5 sessions). I was awarded a 5 year HEFCE clinical senior lectureship in 2007.

As an independent investigator I have obtained competitive grant funding from independent sources (NIHR, North West Lung Centre Charity, Moulton Charitable Foundation, GSK Respiratory Research Award). My research interests are predominantly around improving care and treatment options for children with asthma. I have recently completed a randomised controlled trial of a parent based intervention to improve quality of life in young asthmatic children (NIHR RfPB funded). I have also conducted a large randomised controlled trial of mite avoidance in asthmatic children to establish whether this will improve exacerbation rates (Moulton Charitable Trust). This sucessful trial was recently published in AJRCCM. I am paediatric PI in a large european collaborative (UBIOPRED) which aims to establish phenotypes of severe asthma in both adults and children in order to tailor treatment appropriately (FP7 funded).