Sam is a Principal Teaching Fellow in Health Sciences. His research focuses around the quality and safety of mental health care, incorporating quantitative methodologies to understand and model safer staffing. He is a registered mental health nurse, registered teacher (General Teaching Council) with QTS, holds an MSc with distinction and is a current PhD student under the supervision of Professor Peter Griffiths and Dr Chiara Dall'ora. Sam completed undergraduate studies in English Literature in Bath in 2005 before working with people with autism, challenging behaviour and mental ill health. In 2008, he trained to be a teacher in mainstream education, gaining a PGCE in Secondary Education (English) from the University of Southampton. In schools, Sam went on to teach English, Music, Photography, Film and Media to Secondary and Further Education levels, gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). He had particular engagement and interest in working with children with additional learning needs, developmental issues, mental ill health and safeguarding. Sam went on to work with young people in a Forensic Medium-Secure Mental Health Unit before completing studies for a PGDip in Mental Health Nursing in 2012. Post-Registration, Sam worked in acute settings with adults with mental ill health, covering acute psychiatric admissions and intensive care, Accident and Emergency and Community Crisis Care. During this time, he joined the University of Southampton School of Medicine, teaching Psychiatry on the undergraduate and post-graduate medicine programmes, and clinical skills modules to junior doctors. He gained a distinction at Master's Level in 2017, publishing a systematic review of quality improvement (Lean methodology) in the NHS. Sam has over 10 years experience in a variety of operational and strategic clinical roles, specialising in acute psychiatry, crisis intervention/suicide prevention and management, alongside therapeutic approaches to care. He is a peer-reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Nursing, Human Resources for Health, BMC Nursing, Sage Open Nursing, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, and Human-Computer Interaction Journals an invited member of national steering groups around mental health nursing and has contributed towards guidance documents and education standards for Mental Health Nursing across the UK.