Andrew is Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health Services Research at the Bristol Medical School, where he leads the Qualitative Musculoskeletal Research Group. Andrew specialises in the development, implementation and evaluation of health interventions with a focus on the management of musculoskeletal health and adverse outcomes after joint arthroplasty, including post-surgical pain and periprosthetic infections.

His research on the INFORM Programme advanced the understanding of patients’ and clinicians’ experiences of prosthetic infection, and as Chief Investigator of INFORM:EP he led the development and implementation of guidelines for the management of prosthetic infection (https://inform.bristol.ac.uk/). He is currently Chief Investigator of the INFORM-Well study (NIHR208734) which will develop psychoeducational support for people with prosthetic joint infection. He also leads work packages on world’s largest ever surgical trial, the NIHR-funded Hip Implant Prosthesis Programme for the Younger total hip replacement patient (HiPPY).

Andrew is Chair of the Bone and Joint Infection Society's Research Committee, Co-director of the Bristol Bone and Joints Health Integration Team and is a member of the Arthritis UK Research Expert Committee.