She carried out her PhD in the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield. Her PhD work was focused on occupants’ comfort and behaviour and how they use environmental control strategies to modify their internal environment. In January 2008, she joined Salford University as a Research Fellow, conducting research on a variety of issues related to ‘realising value in use’ of the built environment. This involves the identification of international good practice, linking this to evidence from applied activities in order to develop a stronger evidence base to better understand the characteristics of beneficial spaces for users, especially in the design and refurbishment of schools. In July 2015, she started her work as a senior research fellow in IDL. Her main research area focused on a holistic view identifying healthcare building and space characteristics that relate to the occupants’ health outcome and well beings.