I am an NHS consultant gastroenterologist working in Birmingham who specialises in inflammatory bowel disease. My main research interest is in the gut microbiome, how imbalances in this cause disease and FMT as both treatment and discovery tool to develop novel more directed biotherapeutics. In this role I am Director of the University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre. I also hold the post of UK Clinical Research Network National Speciality Lead for gastroenterology