About me

Education

1974-81

Loreto College, Manchester, UK. 8 GCE 'O' Levels, 4 GCE 'A' Levels

1981-84

University of Sheffield, UK. BSc Special Honours Physiology/Zoology, Class 2(i)

1984-85

University of Salford, UK. Study for MSc by research (part-time)

1985-90

University of Salford, UK. Transfer to PhD. Limiting factors to high intensity exercise: the role of intramuscular pH and skeletal muscle buffering (awarded 1990)

May 01

Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, CH. Venia Legendi (Rheumatol/Physical Medicine)

Employment/Experience

1984-89

Part-time lecturer. Exercise Physiology, HND and BSc (Hons) Sport Science courses. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

1985

Part-time lecturer. Health Related Fitness, Exercise Physiology. North Staffordshire Polytechnic, UK.

1990

Postdoctoral Research Associate. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. University of Birmingham, UK.

Sep 91 - Jul 96

Postdoctoral Research Associate. Comparative Orthopaedic Research Unit, University of Bristol, UK.

Nov 94 - Apr 95

Visiting ISSLS 1994 MacNab/LaRocca Research Fellow. Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

Nov 95 - Feb 96

Visiting Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Spine Center. Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland.

Aug 96 - May 01

Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Spine Center, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland.

Nov 02 - Dec 05

Part-time (20%) Senior Research Fellow. Dept Rheumatology & Institute of Physical Medicine, USZ, Zurich.

Jun 01 - Jul 07

Head of Musculoskeletal Research & Senior Research Fellow (Spine Center), Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland.

Aug 07 - present

Senior Research Fellow (Spine Center, Schulthess Klinik); Research Consultant (freelance)