Within her work as an academic she has dedicated her career to researching the health and wellbeing of the UK Fire and Rescue Service. She chairs and contributes to conferences related to fire research, is a member of the Institute of Fire Engineers, taught at the Fire Service College for a number of years as a visiting lecturer and has a number of peer reviewed publications, commissioned reports and conference presentations on the topic of firefighter health and wellbeing. Through her professional activities she has seen the benefits that the Charity provides to the fire community.