Vhairi graduated from Dundee University in 2003 and completed Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology joint training in 2017.  Since then she has worked as a consultant in NHS Grampain working in the Infectious Dieases ward/out-patient clinic, Microbiology lab and Infection Prevention and Control Team. 

Vhairi has an interest in antimicrobial stewardship and complex orthopaedic infection and is the chair of the antimicrobial prescribing group and the lead for OPAT having re-established the service in 2022.

Vhairi has developed an interest in infection control in the built environment leading outbreak investigations, sitting on the water and ventilation safety groups and providing IPC advice to project teams.