I am originally from the United Kingdom and completed medical school and internship at Imperial College, London, before moving to Boston, Massachusetts, for internal medicine residency training in 2006. After internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center and a chief resident year, I moved to Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, for specialty training in cardiology. I completed an additional subspecialty year of advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology training. My earlier research work was focused on the relationship between obesity and heart disease, including the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular health. My current research focuses on interactions between nutrition, metabolic dysfunction and body composition in patients with heart failure. I am currently based in the CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, working with colleagues across Tufts University and with collaborators to better understand changes in skeletal muscle mass, food intake and physical activity that occur during heart failure.