Genome sequencing of 4 new isolates of Crithidia – an emerging parasite of humans
01/10/2024 → 30/09/2025
Research

Questioning Vaccination Discourse (Quo VaDis): A corpus-based study
01/03/2021 → 30/06/2024
Research

Inaugural Event of the Africa Research Hub
Symposium

Panel event for International Consortium for Communication in Health Care series
Invited talk

A corpus of Victorian anti-vaccination discourse.
Invited talk

The twelfth International Corpus Linguistics Conference
Participation in conference - Academic

Talk at 3rd International Conference on Historical Medical Discourse
Invited talk

Talk to Digital Humanities Forum
Invited talk

Organising Committee for British Society for Literature & Science conference Lancaster 2025
Participation in conference - Academic

Specialised Foundation Doctors training programme
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Anticipation 2024
Participation in conference - Academic

Lancaster community event: 'Language in the Field - Government Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence'
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

UCU Continuing Professional Development Series - Workshop on Marking & Assessment Boycotts
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Conference: "Mémoire(s) des virus" University Lyon 2, Université Paris Cité
Invited talk

Judging Panel of ICTV Taxonomy Challenge 2022-2023
Other

Conference: Genetic Improvement of Milk Production Traits in Dairy Cows, Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture, Saudi Arabia.
Invited talk

Evidence to Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee Report: "Coronavirus: lessons learned to date"
Expert Opinion

Media work on COVID-19 pandemic
Other

Media work on monkeypox cases in UK hospitals
Other

Media work on resurgence of Ebola in Africa
Other

Media work on pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar.
Other

Media work on norovirus outbreak at 2017 World Athletics Championships in London
Other

Media work on 2017-2018 seasonal influenza and other flu seasons
Other

Lancaster Public Lecture 27th April 2016
Invited talk

Hudderfield Applied Sciences Seminar 20th April 2016
Invited talk

Huddersfield University Public Lecture Series
Invited talk

Media work on vaccination and anti-vax movement
Other

Media work on Zika virus
Other

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Consultancy

Media work on assorted infectious diseases
Other

Media work on Lancashire Cryptosporidium event
Other

Media work on bird flu (avian influenza) outbreaks in the UK and EU.
Other

Media work on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus
Other

Lancaster & Morecambe College Wednesday 22nd April 2015
Invited talk

Leeds Hospital Tuesday 24th March 2015
Invited talk

Media work on antimicrobial resistance and the "post-antibiotics age".
Other

Lancaster Students Union Monday 16th February 2015
Invited talk

British Infection Association, Manchester Friday 7th November 2014
Invited talk

Royal Preston Hospital Thursday 2nd October 2014
Invited talk

Media work on Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa 2013-2016
Other

Outstanding Contribution Award 2015
Prize (including medals and awards)

British Science Association / Daily Telegraph Young Science Writer of the Year Runner-Up 1993 (age 23-28 category)
Prize (including medals and awards)

• DSI - Health
• Institute for Social Futures Fellow
• ISF Fellows 2019/20
• Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity