Victoria is a Doctor of Public Policy and Ethics whose research focuses on the ethics of healthcare priority setting and other areas of pharmaceutical and health policy.

Prior to joining academia, Victoria worked for several years as a health and science policy professional. Her roles included Head of Policy at the Academy of Medical Sciences and Specialist to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, as well as shorter periods working with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) and Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

Victoria has worked on projects covering a wide range of topics, including public health, clinical trials, UK blood safety/Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), genetically modified crops/advanced bioengineering techniques, the UK life sciences industry, stratified medicines, real-world evidence, government horizon scanning and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. She has also contributed to numerous policy events, meetings, workshops, statements, speeches, articles and consultation responses and has acted as an ethics adviser to several national and EU projects.

Before moving into policy, Victoria qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked for several years for a Big Four accounting firm, providing strategic advice to a variety of clients including many from the life sciences and healthcare sectors.

Key expertise: Ethics, healthcare priority-setting, health technology assessment, pharmaceutical policy, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)