I am a reproductive biologist - reproductive immunologist investigating the role of the female immune response and its cellular and molecular agents in establishing pregnancy. My research spans basic science and clinical and commercial transfer, and aims to improve our understanding of the factors determining optimal reproductive health in women leading to better treatments for infertility and pathologies of pregnancy, and the best possible health outcomes for babies and children.
I am a reproductive physiologist who collaborates with a number of leading Hospital, University and Institute Research Groups nationally and internationally examining the potential of genetically modified pigs as organ, tissue and cell donors for humans.
I am an immunologist-virologist studying aspects of the interface between the innate and the adaptive immune systems with the aim of developing new interventions against disease.