- Visiting Fellow, University of Bath
Researcher with over 25 years experience in the NHS and academic sectors and as a freelance consultant, particularly in the area of how substance use and gambling difficulties affect children and families. Was centrally involved with 2 large ESRC funded projects: adults bereaved by substance misuse; and Voicing Loss, which examined bereaved people's experiences of the coroner service in England and Wales. Worked with a core group of others to establish the Addiction and the Family International Network (AFINet), an unregistered charity which now has over 900 members from 50+ countries. A Welsh learner who volunteers for the Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog and Stump up for Trees.
Experience
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2010–presentIndependent Research Consultant, Self-employed
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2024–presentVisiting Fellow, Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath
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2021–2024Research associate, Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath
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2015–2021Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath
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2019–2020Senior research fellow, University of York
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2012–2015Research associate, Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath
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1997–2010Researcher officer/manager, Joint Mental Health Research & Development Unit - Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust & University of Bath
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1994–1996Research officer, National Addiction Centre, London
Education
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1994University of Plymouth, Sociology BSc, Social Research MSc
