Emily Heathward

Emily joined AMRC in April 2023 as a Policy Officer. She has a background in genomics research with experience in both industry and academia, and previously worked as a senior scientist for a biotech in Cambridge. Prior to joining AMRC, Emily was an Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS)/Medical Research Council (MRC) policy intern in the Policy, Governance and Ethics team at the MRC. She carried out her graduate research in functional genomics at Imperial College London, with masters degrees from Imperial (MRes, 2017) and University College London (MSci, 2014).