Chris runs the PenCRU which operates a wide-ranging programme of childhood disability research. Chris is an Associate Member of the Health Services Research Unit in Oxford. He was a Research Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Principal Orthotist at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford until 2009.
After working clinically as an orthotist for more than 10 years, Chris began his academic career in Oxford by completing the part-time MSc in Evidence based Health Care in 2001 and was awarded a DPhil in 2006. Chris’ postdoctoral research, funded by MRC Special Training Fellowship in Health Services Research, produced the Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for Children (OxAFQ-C).