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I am a Professor in Reproductive Health & Policy Research with over 30 years of experience, nationally and internationally, in policy-related research, mixed methods, survey design, intervention development and evaluation of complex interventions. I was awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the  (FSRH) in 2021 for my contribution to research. Interests include how preferences affect choice in healthcare, specifically around fertility-related decision-making, and how new models of care can be used to promote better health and wellbeing.

Recent work includes the SACHA (Shaping Abortion for Change) study (co-led with Prof Kaye Wellings), which examined how health services be best configured in Britain, and the Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (led) designed to monitor trends across the reproductive life-course in England. Currently, I am a co-investigator and am leading reproductive health projects within the  in Reproductive Health and the .

I am a member of the fourth National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles () Reproductive Health Working Group and have led on papers on contraceptive prevalence and sources of supply for Natsal-2 and 3. I collaborate with the Contraception and Abortion Research Team Access Project () at the University of British Columbia,  Canada and with the Centre at Monash University, Australia. I was Chair of the FSRH Research Group between 2017-22 and continue to be a member of the group.