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Professional Activities

Selected Professional Activities

External Administrative or Committee Role

  • Breast Cancer Now - Grants Committee, Invited (Breast Cancer Now, 2024 - present) (External Administrative or Committee Role)

Internal Administrative or Committee Role

  • Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing (School / Institute, 2020 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)

Professional Body Membership

  • Faculty of 1000 (Full Faculty Member, 2020 - present) (Professional Body Membership)

Conference Roles

  • Invited Mentor - OARSI Young Investigator mentorship Scheme, by Invitation (2012 - 2013)

Editorships

  • Current Research in Physiology (Invited Editorial Board member, 2020 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Manchester, PhD (2023)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD (2023)
  • William Harvey Research Institute, PhD (2023)
  • Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, PhD (2023)
  • Quadram Institute, PhD (2022)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD (2021)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD (2020)
  • University of Kent, PhD (2020)
  • University of Manchester, UK / Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore, PhD (2018 - 2019)
  • Kings College London, PhD (2018)
  • CRUK Edinburgh Centre, University of Edinburgh, PhD (2018)
  • Barts Cancer Institute, QMUL, PhD (2018)
  • Dept of Bioengineering, Imperial College, PhD (2017 - 2018)
  • University of Liverpool, PhD (2017)
  • Imperial College London, UK, PhD (2017)
  • University of Southampton, UK, PhD (2016)
  • Queen Mary University of London, UK, PhD (2016)
  • University of Turku, Finland, PhD Review (International) (2016)
  • Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, University of Glasgow, UK, PhD (2015)
  • University of Torino, Italy, PhD Review (International) (2015)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Breast Cancer Now - Grants Committee, Invited (Breast Cancer Now, 2024 - present)
  • British Council/Newton Fund - Biological and Medical Sciences Grants Panel (British Council, 2015 - present)
  • AcMedSci Task Force report: "Increasing engagement and support of early career researchers", Invited (Academy of Medical Sciences, 2012)
  • AcMedSci Working Party report: "Review of Post Docs’ and PhD students’ attitudes to careers in industry", Invited (Academy of Medical Sciences, 2006)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Post-submission (Breast Cancer Now, 2024 - present)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing (School / Institute, 2020 - present)
  • Institute Education Committee Member - EDIW Lead (School / Institute, 2020 - present)
  • ITM Research Development Committee (School / Institute, 2017 - 2020)
  • ITM Athena SWAN Committee (School / Institute, 2014 - 2020)
  • ITM GM committee (School / Institute, 2015 - 2020)
  • Wellcome PhD Programme Committee (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
  • Wellcome PhD Programme - Academic Lead for Wellbeing & Mental Health (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
  • Wellcome Trust PhD Programme selection panel (School / Institute, 2016 - 2018)
  • Cellular and Molecular Physiology Seminar Committee (Department, 2016 - 2020)

Media Appearances

  • Afternoon/Evening News Interview, Capital FM Liverpool (Invited, August 2017)
  • Afternoon/Evening News Interview, Heart FM Manchester (Invited, August 2017)
  • Breakfast News Interview, BBC Radio Merseyside (Invited, August 2017)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Faculty of 1000 (Full Faculty Member, 2020 - present)
  • British Society for Matrix Biology (Member, 2017 - present)
  • British Society for Cell Biology (Member, 2003 - present)
  • Biochemical Society (Member, 2003 - present)
  • British Association for Cancer Research (Member, 1999 - present)
  • Faculty of 1000 (Biology) (Associate Member, 2009 - 2013)
  • Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2017 - present)