Health and Life Sciences role models

Sonia is Executive Dean of the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, with expertise in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, and epigenetics in oxygen sensing in cells and organisms.

Vicky is Safety and Regulatory Compliance Coordinator for the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, complementing her research activity in general and biological health and safety.

Steph is Knowledge Exchange Strategy and Evaluation Manager, having studied Applied Zoology at university and spending the last 20 years working in research and impact management roles.

Nicola is a Senior Lecturer and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and a Consultant Gynaecologist, focusing a lot of her research on the field of reproductive medicine and recurrent implantation failure.

Alison is a Medicine alumna of the University of Liverpool, now working as Academic Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Lauren is a Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine, with research interests including polypharmacy, multimorbidity, deprescribing, and medicines optimisation.

Carrol is Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Director of the Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre, designing and delivering world class clinical trials for cancer treatment, paediatric, foetal and maternal care, and surgical and clinical specialities.

Yun is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Life Course of Medical Sciences, examining the use of mechanistic models and numerical analysis to understand healthy and diseased biological systems.

Lorna is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Women’s and Children's Health examining uterine fibroids, including why fibroids affect some women and not others, with the aim of identifying new treatment options.

Eleanor is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health investigating the psychological factors involved in the diagnostic process of chronic pelvic pain.

Fiona is a Professor in Orthoptics, Clinical Lead for the Institute of Population Health, lead for The VISION research group, and lead orthoptic editor for the Cochrane Library Eyes and Vision group.

Rebecca is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Psychology, with research predominantly focused on public health, specifically environmental factors influencing eating behaviour.

Gemma is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Microbiology and Infection, researching microbiology, particularly molecular microbiology and food-borne pathogens such as Campylobacter.

Jan is Strategic Technical Lead for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, supporting and developing a team of technical managers, while also sitting on the executive board of the Institute of Science and Technology.

Vaishali is a Quality Control (QC) Microbiology Analyst involved in the manufacture of vaccines, having graduated university with a master’s in Biotechnology.

Eva is Co-director of the Computational Biology Facility, leading a team of around 15 data scientists and software engineers to support a wide portfolio of life science research projects with data and software components.

Qian is an alumna of the School of Dentistry, now working as a Locum Dental Therapist in London, with research expertise in the relationship between oral hygiene and preterm birth.

Amy is an Anatomy Demonstrator in the Human Anatomy Resource Centre at the University, teaching in anatomy labs with a range of student cohorts including medicine, dentistry, human anatomy, and allied health.

Laura is Deputy Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, having previously completed both a BSc in Pharmacology and PhD in Pharmacology at the University in the same department.

Marisa is a Lecturer and Research Group Leader at the University, researching cell death, cell fitness and morphogen signalling, including how these processes interact to shape tissue development, ageing and cancer.

Marie is an Image Analyst at the Centre for Cell Imaging at the University, investigating the quantitative analysis of light microscopy images using a wide range of software tools and analytical approaches.

Jill is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology, co-founding member of the Liverpool Aortic Biomechanics and Biochemistry Research Group, and Faculty Academic Lead for Public Engagement.

Becky is a Director of Enterprise and Innovation Department at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, leading the onward development of research from ideas to new interventions, whether that be new products, processes or policies.