Originally from the Peak District, Emily moved to Edinburgh in 2016 to begin her studies in Infectious Diseases. From there, her passion for parasite immunology grew. After completing her BSc in Infectious Disease she went on to conduct her Master by Research in schistosomiasis immunology at the University of Edinburgh. This degree was overshadowed by the outbreak of Covid-19, but several lockdowns encouraged Emily to develop a wide set of skills in data analysis.
Throughout her studies Emily has dipped her toe into the world of pharmaceutical research, moonlighting as a lab technician in a biotechnology company throughout her studies. Once her studies were complete, she took a job at Charles River, where she worked as a Scientific associate largely focused on immunotherapy-based clinical research projects.
Now funded by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh Precision Medicine PhD programme, Emily works with the Spence group alongside the Brewer group at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD project aims to understand the impact malaria infection has on dendritic cells within the human spleen, utilising the human spleen perfusion model set up by Wiebke.
In her spare time, you’ll find Emily hiking up a mountain or climbing up a cliff face.