About Me
As an experienced researcher specialising in the epidemiology of ageing, I hold a Chartered Statistician status and a PhD in these fields. My expertise is primarily focused on using advanced statistical methodologies to analyse complicated longitudinal datasets.
This approach aids in exposing the progression of health outcomes over time, with a particular emphasis on the onset and development of specific diseases, disability, frailty, and the phenomenon of multimorbidity (2+ diseases).
My mathematical expertise is rooted in methodologies designed for the analysis of longitudinal data, both continuous and categorical, and extends to the domain of microsimulation. This expertise is pivotal in advancing our understanding of the ageing process and its impact on health outcomes now and into the future.
Research Vision
- 1
The specific pathways through which biology, disease, lifestyle factors and sociodemographic characteristics interact across the life-course to shape multimorbidity and health trajectories.
- 2
Ways in which age-related functional decline can be compressed to the shortest possible window before death, leading to better quality of life for older people by compressing their period of dependency.
Leadership & Management
Deputy Director for Education
Population Health Sciences Institute, and Degree Programme Director for the Master of Public Health (MPH).
Theme Lead
Ageing and Geroscience Theme Lead for the Population Health Sciences Institute.
Co-Director
Newcastle University Centre for Research Excellence in Mobility and Transport.