I have worked in the research and innovation sector for over five years in a range of roles. At the University of Surrey and then the University of Portsmouth I project managed and developed a REF Impact submission across multiple discplines and faculties. Before joining Bristol I worked at UK Research and Innovation. Firstly at the Natural Environment Research Council where I managed a complex portfolio of work  including leading funding calls, and coordinated NERC input to health-related programmes. At the Economic and Social Research Council I was the strategic lead for the Land, Food and Nature portfolio covering interdiscplinary investments worth over £80 million, and led on the engagement activities of the team.
I support my work with extensive experience in stakeholder dialogue consultancy working towards system decision making and knowledge exchange, and use this grounding as well as facilitation and design skills in my day to day work too.
I have a BSc Hons in Psychology (including a year abroad in Malta), and an MSc in Environmental Psychology. In both these degrees I studied a range of theoretical and applied psychology modules, and I took outside modules in sociology and philosophy.
I currently work in the Impact Development team having returned to research impact, as I missed the individual connections and supporting academics through their impact journeys. I draw on my degrees seeking to understand people and relationships, my ethics around co-producing outcomes and a systems approach, as well as my time in other universities and UKRI to inform supporting academics in a variety of ways, and to help University of Bristol Health and Life Sciences to have more impact.