I completed my PhD at Stockholm University in 1998. The subject of my thesis work was various aspects of immune regulation during malaria infection. I then moved to Manchester University where I studied T cell regulation and development of mucosal immunity during intestinal nematode infections. I moved to LSHTM in 2002 on a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship followed by a RCUK Fellowship in Helminth Immunology and a Lectureship in 2011.