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Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Plenary lecturer, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (FEPS, 2011)
  • IUPS, Kyoto, Japan, by Invitation (IUPS, 2009)
  • Society of General Physiologists, Wood Hole, USA, by Invitation (Society of General Physiologists, 2009)
  • Latin American Pharmacological and Physiological Society, Chile, by Invitation (Latin American Pharmacological and Physiological Society, 2008)
  • "Cholesterol and Uterine Function", by Invitation (University of Dresden, 2007)
  • International Symposium on `Calcium Channels and Transporters’ , by Invitation (University of Manchester, 2007)
  • 84th Annual Meeting of Japanese Physiological Society Osaka, by Invitation (Japanese Physiological Society , 2007)
  • International Focused Meeting of Neuroendocrinology of Pregnancy, by Invitation (University of Edinburgh, 2007)

Editorships

  • Experimental Physiology (Editorial Board, 2009 - present)
  • News in Physiological Sciences (Editorial Board Member, 1997 - present)
  • Journal of Physiology (Editorial Board Member, 1997 - present)

Examination Roles

  • Queen's University Belfast, UK, BSc (UG, 2008)
  • National University of Ireland Galway, BSc (UG, 2008)
  • United Arab Emirates University, MD (PGT, 2004)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Champion of Better Births Project
  • Presentation to Science Media Centre and associated publicity
  • Presentations to various groups for Centre for Better Births
  • BA Festival of Science "Womb Wars"

Professional Body Memberships

  • Academiae Europaeae (Member, 2008 - present)
  • Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (Fellow, 2006 - present)
  • Academy of Medical Sciences (Fellow, 2002 - present)
  • Biophysical Society (Member, 2000 - present)
  • Physiological Society (Member, 1988 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Deputy Head of Dept