He completed a PhD at Newcastle University investigating imaging biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies (MCI-LB). Following this he returned to training as an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry. He works as a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry in the Younger Person's Memory Service in Gateshead. His research focuses on using imaging to increase our understanding of disease pathophysiology and improve clinical diagnosis in MCI-LB and DLB. In 2022 he will begin an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship investigating the role of microglia in DLB.