I am Director of the Bristol Bioresource Laboratories (BBL) and Executive Director (Bioresource) of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and a biobanking expert. I have over 25 years of experience of managing sample resources for epidemiological studies.

I established the DNA and lymphoblastoid cell line banks for the ALSPAC and 1958 National Child Development birth cohort studies which have been widely used by the research community across the world and this lead to the development of the Bristol Bioresource Laboratories (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/research/groups/bblabs/)

BBL supports a large proportion of research in ALSPAC and Population Health Science at the University of Bristol. The laboratories are custodians of over 2 million samples from several cohort studies including ALSPAC, the 1946, 1958 1970, Millennium and Born in Bradford birth cohorts and clinical collections such as the Cleft Collective and Head and Neck 5000. The laboratories also provide a DNA extraction and genotyping service.

Research Governance and HTA compliance is an important part of my role. I have been a Human Tissue Authority Designated Individual (HTA DI) since 2006 and am currently chair of the University's Human Tissue Working Group, working with colleagues to ensure HTA compliance across the University.