I am an Associate Professor in Dental Public Health at the University of Portsmouth, and the NIHR RDN South Central Specialty Lead for Oral and Dental Health, providing strategic leadership across academic, NHS, and local authority partnerships.

I qualified as a Dentist at the Universidad de Chile and completed an MSc in Dental Public Health and a PhD in Dentistry at the University of Sheffield.

My research addresses oral health inequalities through the design, delivery, and evaluation of applied public health interventions across the life course. I have particular expertise in school-based supervised toothbrushing programmes, care home oral health, teledentistry and digital screening approaches, and mixed-methods and implementation research. I provide strategic leadership for the development, delivery, and growth of dental public health research. This includes supporting NIHR portfolio studies, building research capacity within primary and community dental care, and strengthening partnerships across academic and service settings. I have led and contributed to regional and national research programmes with a strong focus on feasibility, acceptability, and scalability, supporting the translation of research findings into sustainable improvements in community oral health policy and practice.