Sam’s research focuses on chronic suppurative lung disease in children and young people, and particularly non-invasive monitoring of early disease changes. She also has an interest in patient reported outcome measures in respiratory disease, and novel methods of small airways assessment.

She is passionate about building capacity for clinical academic careers for healthcare scientists, AHPs, nurses and midwives and other professionals allied to healthcare. She is the Associate Director for Professions Allied to Healthcare for King’s Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO), and in this capacity works across Kings Health Partners to improve access and opportunities to healthcare professionals wanting to pursue a clinical academic career.

She is also the Programme Lead for the NIHR South London Internship for Health and Care Professionals, and has previously lead a project on AHP Clinical Academic Careers for Evelina Children’s Hospital. She previously held an HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Clinical Lectureship and currently holds an NIHR Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award, as well as numerous small grants from national and local charities.

Sam works with several patient groups to deliver and design her research, and has also appeared on BBC’s Operation Ouch children’s television programme performing lung function tests for her patients with cystic fibrosis.