I am Lead for Research in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences and Deputy Director of the Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen.

I lead the Aberdeen Applied Cancer Research group (ICANTREAT) https://icantreat.org/

I am a psychosocial oncologist with expertise in qualitative research methodology. I pursue an interdisciplinary approach building multi-stakeholder working in cancer care and have established global partnerships of academics, patients, non-profit organisations, professional organisations and policy makers.

I currently have eleven funded projects (total awards £5,644,624) across three themes:

Stakeholder engagement in the design and implementation of cancer care:

• ICANBE – Fear of Cancer Recurrence
• EVOLVE – Giving cancer patient’s a meaningful voice within the design and delivery of clinical practice guidelines across Europe
• PIONEER – Enhancing prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment through the power of big data in Europe
• ICANTREATNEPAL – Increasing participation in breast cancer screening and treatment in Nepal, Uganda and India

The design and implementation of better cancer care (Co-applicant):

• OPTIMA – Optimal treatments for patients with solid tumours in Europe through AI
• PARTNER – Men’s prostate cancer treatment preferences
• ICAN – Improving understanding of Urological cancer (Cancer Research Group)
• RCOS – Kidney Cancer core outcome set

The design and delivery of care and after care - Urology and other long-term conditions (Co-applicant)

• SIMS LTFU – Surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence
• CATHETER II – Understanding the patient experience of care; embedded qualitative study within a clinical trial to look at Catheter washout policies
• PACFIND – Patient-centred care for Fibromyalgia