My track record is of building high calibre research groups:
In 1995, the research staff at the City Hospital division of the School of Human Development consisted of a technician and a research fellow. In five years, I established a critical mass of researchers; in 1999 my group had more abstracts accepted at the Society of Gynecologic Investigation (the major international scientific meeting within our speciality) than any other centre.
In March 2001, I moved to Manchester, to direct the newly established Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre. The centre acts as a major focus of obstetric research within the UK, and facilitates the training of clinical and scientific researchers within the speciality. Our research group in Manchester became the largest obstetric research group in Europe.