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I am a Public Health researcher with experience of policy-related research, intervention development and evaluation. I have worked in the area of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Research for 30 years.

In 2020, I was awarded NIHR funding to co-lead (with Prof Kaye Wellings) a major research project, the SACHA (Shaping Abortion for Change) study, aimed at providing the necessary evidence to reconfigure health services against a backcloth of recent regulatory and therapeutic trends in abortion provision and care. The collaborative international team amassed to carry out this complex study has the potential to endure beyond the time period of the research, and will serve as a pivotal point for future studies into abortion. Also in 2020, I was commissioned by Public Health England to lead a team charged with designing and piloting a Reproductive Health Tracking Survey, aimed at providing a standard research instrument to be used for national tracking as well as by community level agencies. A repetition of the survey has been commissioned by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) for 2023. Data from both these surveys will be used to inform the Department of Health and Social Care's 2022 Women's Health Strategy.

Other current or recent studies have focused on ethics and contraceptive use, fertility awareness, young people’s contraceptive use and digital methods of providing sexual health advice. I am a member of the fourth National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-4) Reproductive Health Working Group and have led on papers on contraceptive prevalence and sources of supply for Natsal-2 and 3.

In 2021 I was awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Health (FSRH). I was Chair of the FSRH Research Group between 2017-22 and continue to be a member of the group.

I also have an honorary contract with OHID.