I am a Professor Nursing in the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University and a dual registered nurse (Adult and Sick Children) with over 25 years experience in health focussed research.

My research interests focus on women's health broadly and pelvic health more specifically.  I have led a range of studies in the field of pelvic health including a large clinical trial (TOPSY), funded by NIHR, that focusses on comparing self-management with clinic-based care for women who use a pessary for pelvic organ prolapse.  My work tends to have a particular focus on the perspectives of women.  For example I led a large qualitative study of women's experiences of the OPAL intervention.  OPAL aimed to understand if biofeedback mediated pelvic floor muscle training was more effective than pelvic floor muscle training alone is improving symptoms of urinary incontinence in women.

I also have a keen interest in research methods.  For example, presenting work about the use of case study design in trials and developing methods to move a study from the feasibilty phase to main trial.

I am an experienced doctoral supervisor and have supervised students from a range of fields of practice.