James is training to be an obstetrician and gynaecologist and his clinical interests include pre-eclampsia, endometriosis, and subfertility. He cares passionately about evidence-based medicine and is an advocate for the better understanding and use of evidence in obstetrics and gynaecology. As an undergraduate James secured several competitive research scholarships, gaining first-hand experience in internationally collaborative systematic reviews. He graduated from the University of Manchester and has worked in various specialities across central London.  Working within teams of researchers based all over the world, he has published over 50 research papers (>2,300 citations; h-index 18), presented at many national and international conferences, and won several awards for audit, teaching, and research. He is a founding member of the Core Outcomes in Women’s Health (CROWN) initiative and has established several consortiums developing and implementing core outcome sets.