Experience

Breast Cancer Now

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Research, Support and Influencing

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  As well as continuing to look after the research team, I am now responsible for almost all the charitable work that Breast Cancer Now does. This includes our support services for cancer patients, our nurse-led helpline, our policy and campaigning work, and our public health activities. I am responsible for making sure that we deliver on our strategy and achieve our vision, that by 2050, all those affected by breast cancer will live, and live well.

• Director of Research

  • Oct 2016 - Aug 2020

  My team was responsible for all of Breast Cancer Now's research funding. We supported the researchers that we already fund, and we run the review process for new grant applications and the review of our existing research teams. My team also managed a UK-wide breast cancer tissue bank, promoted our research and achievements through our website and our publications, and helped our fundraising teams raise the money that we needed to carry on our work.

• Assistant Director, Research Funding

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2016

• Assistant Director of Research

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  My team looked after Breakthrough's research funding at its centres and units across the UK.



Cancer Research UK

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Personal Awards and Training

  • Jan 2000 - May 2014

  I was responsible for Cancer Research UK's fellowship funding, and I also supported training and career development for the charity's students and clinical fellows. I was responsible for Cancer Research UK's fellowship funding, and I also supported training and career development for the charity's students and clinical fellows.



The Academy of Medical Sciences

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Biomedical Grants and Policy

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2013

  I spent one year on secondment from Cancer Research UK at the Academy of Medical Sciences. My team was responsible for the Academy's programme of mentoring for biomedical researchers. We also supported researchers through small grants, and we carried out a range of policy studies in support of research careers in the biomedical sciences. I spent one year on secondment from Cancer Research UK at the Academy of Medical Sciences. My team was responsible for the Academy's programme of mentoring for biomedical researchers. We also supported researchers through small grants, and we carried out a range of policy studies in support of research careers in the biomedical sciences.



Imperial Cancer Research Fund

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Aug 1997 - Dec 1999

  Research fellow with Dr Peter Verrijzer, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, and then Dr Steve West, Clare Hall Laboratories Research fellow with Dr Peter Verrijzer, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, and then Dr Steve West, Clare Hall Laboratories



University of Nottingham

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD student

  • Oct 1993 - Jul 1997

  PhD student with Professor Robert Lloyd, Department of Genetics PhD student with Professor Robert Lloyd, Department of Genetics