I have a background in business where, as an independent consultant, I worked with companies to understand how they operated and help them identify and recruit key personnel to develop their operations. Observing and listening to people and identifying team dynamics were elements I really enjoyed. Later, my passion for people-focussed roles and also language took me into teaching and writing which I still pursue.

I have acted as a carer to my wife for years but her need for both mental and physical health support increased substantially over the last decade. Shielding in the pandemic allowed me time to take stock and renew my engagement with science, psychology and research which has found a new outlet now in service user/public advisor roles.

I now work closely with the DClin Psychology programme at Liverpool, in a variety of positions with the NHS/HEE and UK wide in research. So, a circuitous route to my role with ARC as Public Adviser Co-lead on the Care & Health Informatics theme and my introduction into the world of Health Big Data!

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