Ed joined CPEC as a Research Officer in 2021 and is working across multiple projects within the Centre.

Ed completed his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield and his MSc in Health Population & Society at LSE. After his studies Ed worked as a Healthcare Researcher at Civitas think tank in Westminster, researching health system financing and structure and doing cross country comparisons with other European countries.

Ed then trained to be a teacher and completed five years working as a secondary and sixth form science teacher and then as 2ic/KS3 coordinator in his department. During this time Ed was involved in a project producing school resources on COVID-19 vaccine safety in collaboration with Queen Mary University, LSHTM’s vaccine confidence project and the Stephen Hawking Foundation. Ed was also involved in climate advocacy, working with the National Education Union to put together a blueprint for other school to use in declaring a climate emergency and organising conferences on climate change for teachers.

Since joining CPEC three years ago, Ed’s research has focused on health and social care, with a particular interest in qualitative methodologies. He has conducted and analysed key informant interviews with international participants, coded qualitative data to publication standards, and contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journal articles. Ed has also built content for a comprehensive catalogue of social care measures and conducted evaluations of the societal cost of autism and the net gain from migrants to the NHS. Additionally, he has project managed a large social care research project on reablement.

Ed has completed extensive training in qualitative interviewing, analysis, and running focus groups. His recent publications include studies on disease registers, family carers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (as a contributing author), and care home visiting restrictions (as a contributing author). Ed was also involved in a publication on the economic and social opportunities created by investment in services for autistic individuals.