I am a Research Fellow in the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. I have BSc in Human Sciences from University College London (2002 - 2005) and a PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology, supervised by Professor Phil Chowienczyk from King’s College London (2007 – 2011), investigating the pathophysiological and genetic mechanisms of aortic stiffness and blood pressure.

I carried out my post-doc between 2012 and 2013 funded by the Biomedical Research Centre, Guys and St Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust to understand the age-related changes in vascular structure and function using multi-modality imaging. In 2009 and 2014 I was awarded the Artery Young Investigator prize and won the British Hypertension Society Young Investigator Prize in 2010. Between 2013 and 2015 I was awarded a non-clinical Career Establishment Fellowship provided by King’s College London British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence. Following this, I was supported by the BHF Centre of Research Excellence to complete a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

My research focuses on age-related characterisation of cardiovascular structure and function and understanding the haemodynamic and genetic mechanisms that underlie those in cohort population studies and their contribution to brain ageing and intrinsic capacity in ageing. I have extensive expertise in non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular structure and function using multi-modality imaging and analytical skills for analysing large epidemiological and genetic datasets. I have contributed to undergraduate Physiology teaching and was a member of the Development, Diversity and Inclusion team at King’s College London.

In addition, I am a NHS Research Ethics Committee member and Associate Editor for the JRSM Cardiovascular Disease journal. I also sit on the Academic Board as a research staff representative.