Leading the eight year "Autism from menstruation to menopause" project, funded by the Wellcome Trust (£2.4 million).

• Leading a systematic review of evidence in relation to barriers to breastfeeding in public spaces• Overseeing the qualitative aspects of the STAR Family Study (rheumatic conditions and family planning, pregnancy and early parenting) conducted by two research associates• Undertaking media interviews and public engagement activities• Applying for research funding• Supervising a more junior member of staff to oversee the qualitative aspects of the PLAN-it study (assessing the feasibility of pre-pregnancy weight loss interventions for obese women)

• Undertaking ethnographic observations within NHS paediatric wards, with a focus on how deterioration in wellbeing is monitored, reported and escalated by staff, in order to allow colleagues to develop and deliver an evidence-based intervention to reduce paediatric deaths in hospitals (the PUMA study)• Managing the Health and Wellbeing in Pregnancy study, using visual methods to understand the social, cultural and spacial dimensions of health behaviours; overseeing two research assistants; managing the organisation of an event for health professionals and other stakeholders• Applying for research funding

• Evaluated public health interventions, including The Filter youth smoking prevention programme (principal investigator), a maternal smoking cessation intervention,Models for Access to Maternal Smoking cessation Support (MAMSS), a youth drug prevention programme, ASSIST+Frank, and peer support for breastfeeding using Motivational Interviewing, Mam-Kind (senior study manager).• Undertook and led qualitative research on health behaviours, including smoking and breastfeeding, using face-to-face, online and documentary methods• Managed up to 4 members of staff (research assistants and associates)• Supervised student research projects (undergraduate and masters), small group teaching and lecturing

Senior Health Promotion Practitioner for Public Health Wales NHS Trust