I graduated from Paisley University in 1988 with an Honours degree in Mathematical Sciences. Since then I have worked as a statistician, primarily in the field of health services research; from 1988 to 1990 at the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen; from 1990 to 1994 at the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh; and from 1994 to 1996 at Ayrshire and Arran Health Board, on secondment from the Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen. In 1993 I obtained an MSc by research from the University of Aberdeen, and in 1997 was awarded Chartered Statistician status. In July 2001 I took up the post of programme leader at NMAHP Research Unit, developing what is now the Urogenital Disorders clinical programme. Current clinical areas of research interest include prolapse, urinary catheters and urinary incontinence. Methodologically I'm interested in the process of developing complex interventions. The work of the progamme involves systematic reviews and multi-centre RCTs. I was awarded my PhD from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2006 and a personal Chair in 2009.
Articles
Urinary incontinence in men after formal one-to-one pelvic-floor muscle training following radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (MAPS): two parallel randomised controlled trials (with Cathryn Glazener, Charles Boachie, Brian Buckley, Claire Cochran, Grace Dorey, Adrian Grant, Mary Kilonzo, Alison McDonald, and Gladys McPherson), The Lancet (2011)
Urinary incontinence is common immediately after prostate surgery. Men are often advised to do pelvic-floor...
Abdominal massage for the alleviation of constipation symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled feasibility study (with Doreen McClurg, Stanley Hawkins, and Andrea Lowe-Strong), Multiple Sclerosis Journal (2011)
Constipation affects many people with multiple sclerosis (MS), negatively impacting on their quality of life....
Conservative prevention and management of pelvic organ prolapse in women (with Diane Stark), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2011)
Pelvic organ prolapse is common, and some degree of prolapse is seen in 50% of...
Washout policies in long-term indwelling urinary catheterisation in adults: a short version Cochrane review (with Lesley Sinclair and Stephen Cross), Neurourology and Urodynamics (2011)
People requiring long-term bladder draining with an indwelling catheter can
experience catheter blockage. Regimens involving different...
Cognitive rehabilitation for executive dysfunction in patients with stroke or other adult non-progressive acquired brain damage (with Charlie S.Y. Chung, Alex Pollock, Tanya Campbell, and Brian R. Durward), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2010)
This protocol aims to determine whether cognitive rehabilitation after stroke or other adult non-progressive acquired...