Simon's academic and research interest is in research ethics, governance and integrity, and especially how these impact human participant research. He chairs research ethics committees for the UK's NHS, Ministry of Defence, and Health Security Agency (formally PHE), and is a member of the specialist "Human Challenge" ethics committee. He is also the UK adapting author of the popular Oxford University Press "Research Integrity" online course and a trustee of the charity UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO).
Experience
2021–present
Reader in Bioethics and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth
2017–2021
Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare, University of Portsmouth
2012–2017
Senior Fellow, then Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Portsmouth
2005–2012
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University College London