Biografía

Current Roles
Co-Chair, BRIDGE Commission (2022–2025)
Leading a multidisciplinary non-profit initiative BRIDGE (Better Research, Information and Data Generation for Empowerment) to enable women with chronic diseases to make informed reproductive health decisions.

Research Co-Investigator, University of Liverpool (2025)
• EpiSafe - Improving safety for pregnant women with epilepsy and their children.

Research Co-Investigator, University of Birmingham (2019–2025)
• MuMPreDiCT - Enhancing maternity care for women with multiple long-term conditions.
• ABA-Feed – Supporting new parents with infant feeding.
• RADIANT – Developing data-driven approaches to trial randomisation.

Research Co-Investigator, University College London, UCL (2023–2025)
• Improving care for heavy menstrual bleeding.
• AFFINITY – Optimising outcomes in IVF.
• CONCRETE - Helping men with low sperm count improve fertility.

Research Co-Investigator, Anglia Ruskin University (2025)
Women's Health Evidence Synthesis and Methodology Research Unit.

Charity Manager, Elly Charity (2019–2025)
Advancing women’s health and research internationally. Leading work to improve health literacy for pregnant women with limited English proficiency.

Honorary Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London, QMUL (2015–2025)
Co-founder of Katie’s Team, a Patient and Public Involvement Advisory Group for women’s health research.

European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) TREASURE Programme (2025)
Understanding maternal prenatal stress, adverse offspring outcomes, and strategies to maximise infant development.


Past Roles
National Institute for Health Research, NIHR (2018 – 2023)
• Panel Member, Programme Grants for Applied Research, PGfAR
• National Advisory Board Member, UK Research Design Service
• Reviewer, COVID-19 College of Experts
• Member, INVOLVE Advisory Group

National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (2017- 2023)
• Chair, Clinical Reference Group
• Member, Women & Families Involvement Group

British Standards Institute (2015-2023)
• Knowledge Management Systems Committee Member contributing to the development of Knowledge Management Standards (including ISO 30401).

Lloyd's Register (revenue £887m / circa 8200 employees) (2006 – 2017)
Led development of marine global Knowledge Management solutions for this international provider of engineering, technology and quality assurance services.



🏛️ Advisory Roles

• Member, Child Health Steering Group, Academy of Medical Sciences (2024–2025)
• Member, Family Voices Group, Baby Lifeline Charity (2024–2025)
• Advisor, UK Epilepsy & Pregnancy Register (2021–2025)
• Service User Representative, NHS England (2019–2025)
• Member, Independent Steering Committee, University of Oxford, CoMPuTE research on patterns and outcomes in people with multiple long-term conditions (2023–2025)

🏆 Recognition & Awards

• HDR UK Recognition (2023) - For contribution to health data science and research delivery as a PPI Co-Investigator.
• Economist Impact Report (2021) – For contribution to “Empowering the patient voice in healthcare decisions”
• National Volunteer of the Year (2019) - Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
• QMUL Engagement & Enterprise Awards (2017) – Shortlisted for leadership in public involvement and engagement.



🌍 Training, Speaking Engagements & Global Contributions

🇬🇧 United Kingdom
• Economist Impact: Future of Health Europe Conference (Invited 2025) – Speaker on women’s health.
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Annual Symposium (Invited 2025) – Speaker on women’s health.
• International Society for Medical Publication Professionals, ISMPP Europe (2025) – PPI in Publications.
• Baby Lifeline Conference (2024) – Speaker on chronic conditions and pregnancy.
• Global Women’s Health Research Society Conference (2022) – Speaker on PPI in women’s health research.
• QMUL Women’s Health Event (2022) – Presenting on the PPI work of Katie’s Team.
• Clinical Research Skills Masterclass, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG (2017–2025) – Delivered sessions on PPI in women’s health research.

🇨🇭 Switzerland
World Health Organization, WHO, Geneva (2024) – Panelist discussing preconception health.

🇺🇸 United States
• Clinton Global Initiative, UN General Assembly (2024) – Speaker at a private roundtable on health research.
• Foreign Policy Forum, UN General Assembly (2024) – Panelist on chronic health conditions and pregnancy.

🇨🇦 Canada
• IMPaCT Summit (2024) – Speaker and panelist on pregnancy research and chronic conditions.
• McMaster University, CanChild, and the University of Manitoba (2024) - Co-produced a digital story which is now embedded in Canadian researcher training to support meaningful patient involvement in clinical trials.

🇿🇦 South Africa
International Women’s Health Research Workshop (2023) – Speaker and facilitator on PPI in health research.

🇪🇬 Egypt
Upper Egypt Assisted Reproduction Conference (2022) – Speaker on PPI in health research.

🇪🇸 Spain
University of Granada (2019- 2020) – Speaker on PPI in health research, teaching sessions with students.




📚 Knowledge Management

My work has been featured as a case study in:
• "Navigating the Minefield: A Practical KM Companion" Book by Eng & Corney (2017).
• American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) Publication (2013)