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The simple secret to groundbreaking science: work together
Many of science's greatest achievements were the result of cooperation. Only by crossing cultures and collaborating beyond disciplines can we solve the great challenges of our time.
Nancy is the Global Policy Lead at the Wellcome Trust and jointly manages Wellcome’s Global Health Policy Team. Her primary areas of work cover global health policy focusing on epidemic preparedness, access to medicines, global health architecture, medicines quality and financing for R &D. Prior to establishing the Global Policy Team, Nancy was the Policy lead in the establishment of the Vaccine and Drug Resistant Infection Priority areas at Wellcome, and the Wellcome lead in the establishment of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Nancy has almost ten years’ experience in policy and advocacy, previously working on policy issues in the UK and the EU. Nancy's holds qualifications in BInt Bus, LLB from Griffith University, Australia and an LLM from Kings College London.