I am a social scientist and health scientist. I completed my PhD in Psychology at Staffordshire University (2009) and worked in the Department of Applied Science at London South Bank University (2008-2014), the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong (2014-2021), and the Department of Psychology at Leeds Trinity University, UK (2022-2023). My research focuses on the treatment and prevention of chronic conditions including sexual dysfunction and obesity. I am particularly interested in understanding the role of healthy living and individual difference factors in male and female sexual dysfunction. Recently, my work has explored the psychosocial processes involved in diet, exercise and cigarette smoking, the role of teacher self-confidence in child development, and how rejection sensitivity relates to romantic relationship parameters such as sexual risk taking and intimate partner violence. In 2019 I helped develop a certified medical program for the treatment of erectile dysfunction operating in Europe and the US. 

In my free time I like to stay active. I am a frequent runner and social tennis and soccer player. I also read a considerable amount of books and enjoy playing online chess