Introduction

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I am a health professional with wide experience in information, health and medicine, now establishing a career as a freelance researcher often for health charities. I'm also a health writer.  I have a personal policy and campaigning interest in older men and women with and at risk of, cancer. Clinical trials are also fascinating.

I am keen to take on 'one off' exploratory or background projects for smaller health charities who seek evidence for service delivery or campaigning or who need a fresh eye on strategic choices.

I like to seek out evidence to build arguments on a firm base through epidemiology, literature reviews and official statistics.  It's important to temper all that quantitative data with a qualitative spin, so it's important to use evidence from social science, and user experience to really understanding people as well as their health.

I research and write about health and medicine and will provide research assistance to other journalists and organisations.

When I write I'm keen on the kinds of things that broadsheet readerships are interested in - public health, especially cancer and screening but also healthy lifestyles and gender specific health - which means men's health too, not just women's. 

I deliver clean copy and understand that deadlines are the law.  See background for more about me and what I have been writing.  See interests to give you more idea of what I can offer.