Following completion of her Health Psychology MSc in 1997, she worked in three different research groups at University College London (UCL) until 2012 before moving to the University of Surrey. During her employment at UCL, she also worked in the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health supporting the commissioning of research in a number of areas. she gained her PhD part-time whilst working as a Research Fellow at UCL. She evaluated the user acceptability, behavioural and glycaemic impact of continuous glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes for her PhD. All of the research projects she has worked on are related to the management of long-term conditions. She has carried out research in a number of disease areas but her focus in more recent years has been on diabetes. In particular, she has been involved in an NIHR-funded programme of work to further develop and evaluate the Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education course for adults with type 1 diabetes which is part of routine care in the NHS.

Self-management of long-term conditions, Technological support for management of long-term conditions, Diabetes.