I am a Research Fellow in the DECIPHer Centre, School of Social Sciences. DECIPHer improves population health through innovation in intervention development and evaluation and methodological expertise. I am a member of the DECIPHer management team and have strategic responsibility for the sustainable delivery of our internationally-recognised short course programme, which brings together delegates from around the world from sectors including policy, academia and clinical services to take part in our research led teaching. I am also co-lead within the management group for developing and delivering our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. I specialise in policy evaluations and working with vulnerable groups. At present I am leading on an evaluation of Welsh Government policy on a whole school approach (WSA) to mental health in schools as part of the Wolfson Centre. This work can inform implementation of policy and practice on mental health in schools. I am currently working as process evaluation lead, with colleagues from the Centre For Trials Research, on evaluating a UK Government funded intervention on supporting people sleeping rough and recently completed work as Wales lead on the NIHR-funded SCeTCH trial on smoking cessation and homelessness. I sit on multiple steering committees and advisory groups relevant to my field.