I joined Newcastle University in December 2014, and I am currently an NIHR North East and North Cumbria Applied Research Collaboration Mental Health Research Fellow. I have recently been involved with the SPHR Public Mental Health programme, an SPHR PHPES Best Start in Life Evaluation (South Tyneside Council), and an NENC ARC-funded evaluation of the implementation of whole-school approaches to mental health in Trailblazer schools. Prior to this I worked on 'ATTUNE' (Understanding Pathways to Stimulant Use: A mixed-methods examination of the individual, social and cultural factors shaping illicit stimulant use across Europe), and 'Using Behavioural Insights to Improve the Uptake of Support for Services for Drug and Alcohol Misuse in Hartlepool'.In 2018 I co-authored the Tyne and Wear Citizens 'Living Well: Mental Wellbeing and Public Life in the North East' report, following an AskFuse enquiry. Previously, I worked on PROMOTE: NE (Preventing Risks Of Mental illness Onset and Treating Early in the North East), which I was co-applicant for (funded by the Institute for Local Governance and Public Health England), to assess the need and provision of interventions to address mental health difficulties in young people across the North East. Prior to that, I worked on an independent evaluation of the NHS 111 Learning & Development Programme Phase 2; which was established to support and promote evidence-based service development for the NHS 111 service. The first project I had involvement with was the NIHR SIPS Junior study; comparing the effectiveness of a face-to-face brief intervention with an electronic brief intervention (smartphone app), designed to prevent alcohol-related harm in young people aged 14-17 years presenting at A&E.Before working in research, I spent several years working in youth and community work practice, for local authority, charity, and private organisations. This work was in both generic and targeted contexts, and included work with autistic young people, and the delivery of universal mental health interventions. Alongside my full-time research role, I am undertaking my PhD part-time by published works.