PhD Student

Early Life Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders

Current work and interests

Emily is a PhD student supervised by Professor John Perry and Professor Ken Ong. Her current research interests include the genetic epidemiology of ovarian ageing and menopause in women. For her PhD, she will explore the genetic determinants of menopausal timing and premature ovarian insufficiency, as well as the potential consequences of extending the reproductive lifespan of women. Emily is funded by an MRC Studentship.

Outside of her PhD, Emily rows for Cambridge University Boat Club, where she hopes to one day row in the Boat Race. She is also the social secretary and social media coordinator. She is also a keen singer and acoustic guitarist.

Background and experience

Emily studied her undergraduate degree in Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she developed a keen interest in life history theory, and the ways in which early life exposures predispose individuals to disease later in life. In the summer after graduating, she worked as an intern on Oxford’s UNIQ postgraduate programme, studying the determinants of violence in Latin America with Professor Jose Manuel Aburto . She then completed her MPhil in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where her thesis focussed on all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.