Award winning researcher with skills in epidemiology, geography, evaluation, and quantitative analysis. Creative, open, flexible, knowledgeable and strategic with advanced communication and presentation skills. Experience and expertise in the management of social science and public health research programmes and research teams. Graduate of the Ashridge/NIHR Leadership Programme.Research interests include the social and environmental determinants of population health and health inequalities; evaluation of complex population health interventions, complex systems thinking, use of natural experiments in evidence-based policy, and the research-policy interface. Much of this work is focused on food retail system transformation and population diet, particularly the impact of technology-driven changes (delivery, advertising, retail, sustainability). Other current projects are focused on green infrastructure and health, and the physical activity and environmental benefits of active transportation. My team is increasingly making use of large-scale consumer and public secondary data, and exploring machine-learning and agent-based modelling approaches to better understand and intervene in food and transport systems.AT LSHTM, I am Head of Department, Co-Director of the Population Health Innovation Lab and Lead/PI of LSHTM's membership of the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR@L). I am past Chair of the LSHTM/MRC Strategic Skills Development Fellowships Scheme and Theme Lead for Complex Public Health Interventions, LSHTM-SGUL MRC Doctoral Training Partnership. I also sat on the LSHTM REF2021 Strategic Advisory Group.Outside of LSHTM, I am Panel Chair of the NIHR Doctoral Fellowships Programme; Chair of Governors, Harris Academy Greenwich and Parent Trustee, Townley Grammar School.Currently interested in leadership in complex research-based organisations. I have a particular interest in strategic planning around the funding and delivery of world-class translational public health researchRecipient of the SSM Mentor of the Year Award (2023), a NIHR Senior Investigator Award (2021-25), ASO Young Achiever Award (2009) and Phillip Leverhulme Prize (2008). I have been a Clarivate/ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Social Sciences every year since 2021 - this recognises the most cited social scientists globally.