About
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in General Practice. Co-Director, Southampton Academy of Research.
I am a postdoctoral NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, and a Consultant Nephrologist,
I have an interest in improving equitable detection, communication and holistic management for people living with kidney disease and other long-term conditions.
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Biography
I graduated in Medicine from Queens' University of Belfast and spent time in Australia and Norway during my undergraduate training. I undertook my pre-registration year at University Hospital Southampton and then remained in Wessex for the remainder of my junior medical training, before taking up a training number in Renal Medicine in North Thames.
I completed a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology and Nephrology at University College London, where I was a key part of the team that delivered the multinational NIHR-MRC EME programme funded REnal Protection Against Ischaemia Reperfusion in transplantation (REPAIR) study. This study demonstrated the potential for a simple, safe and virtually cost-neutral intervention, remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) to improve long-term kidney transplant function.
I completed my nephrology training in Wessex at Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust and then went on to a Consultant post at the Wessex Kidney Centre for 5 years.
In 2021 I entered GP training as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow. My transition into academic general practice in 2021 was deliberate - driven by my conviction that the greatest opportunity to improve outcomes for patients lies in primary care.
I am currently leading on National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded research to understand how we can better risk stratify early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. I sit on the UK Kidney Association CKD Special Interest Group (SIG), lead the Primary Care SIG, and am Clinical Lead for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care System SPOT-CKD programme. I co-led the development of a GPwER framework for Kidney Health, with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), and am a Clinical Advisor for the RCGP.
I work part time at University Hospital Southampton (UHS), as a co-Director of the Southampton Academy of Research. In this role I lead the UHS Research Leaders’ Programme.
Qualifications
MB ChB BAO, Queens’ University Belfast, 2004
PhD, University College London, 2016
MRCP (Neph) 2013
FRCP 2020
MRCGP 2026