Present Occupation

Researcher within the Institute of Nursing and Health Research (INHR) and Senior Lecturer of Physiology, School of Medicine at Ulster University Northern Ireland,

Chair of Ethical Governance Committee Centre for Higher Education and Research Practice (CHERP),

HCPC registered Clinical Scientist of Cardiac Physiology,

Associate postgraduate tutor within the Centre for Health and Rehabilitation Technology (CHaRT) and Institute of Nursing and Health Research (INHR) at Ulster University.  

External positions

Associate of the National School of Healthcare Sciences, Higher Education England, UK.

Cardiac and Vascular physiology theme lead, The Physiological Society, UK & Ireland.

Cardiac Devices Specialist Group Member, Public Health Scotland, Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme (SCAP).

External examiner, new Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Medical technologies at TUS (formerly Limerick Institute of Technology) (until 2024).

External examiner, BSc Hons Healthcare Science (Cardiology), PGCert Cardiac Device and Rhythm Management and PGCert Echocardiography, The Medical School, University of Leeds, UK (until 2024)

External examiner, PhD examiner, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR CRN), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK (currently).

External examiner, Certificate of Healthcare Science, City, London, UK (until 2023)

Member of faculty Academy of Healthcare Science, Leicestershire, UK (currently)

Member of faculty National School for Healthcare Science, Birmingham, UK (currently)

Current research areas

Cardiac electrophysiology (science of elucidating, diagnosing and treating the electrical activities of the heart).

Epicardial adipose tissue associations with atrial fibrillation.

Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) diagnosis and treatment.

Diagnostic decision support systems (computer assisted differential diagnosis).

Conducting translational research (promoting entrepreneurship and commercialization).

Acquisition of expertise within the clinical domain (pedagogy).