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PhD (Cambridge) | Health Policy Writer & EU Grant Specialist | Pharma, Biotech & Patient Advocacy

Profile Summary

Health policy researcher and EU grant writer with a PhD from the University of Cambridge and nine years' experience at the intersection of biomedical research, public health advocacy, and European funding. I have written full proposals across Horizon Europe, H2020, EU4Health, and national funding programmes for health-sector organisations, medtech consortia, and patient advocacy groups. My writing covers the full Part B structure — Excellence, Impact, and Implementation — including DEC plans, SMART objectives, call alignment tables, and budget narratives. Previously Policy Advisor and Research Manager at Alzheimer's Research UK, producing evidence synthesis reviews, policy-facing research communications, and stakeholder engagement across academic, clinical, governmental, and pharmaceutical industry interfaces. First author in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions (2019), Therapeutics for Dementia Consortium. Available for: EU/Horizon Europe grant writing · health policy briefs · evidence synthesis · patient advocacy content · regulatory communications · market access documents. Languages: English · Portuguese (native) · Spanish · Italian

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Grant Writing
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Health Policy
• ☆ Pharmacy
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ Oncology
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Obesity
• ☆ Regulatory Affairs
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Patient Education Materials

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Concept Development, Product Launch Support

Work Experience

Independant Consultant - EU Funding & Policy

Freelancer

January 2023 - Present

Education

PhD, Biochemistry

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

September 2013 - July 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2024). iASiS: Towards Heterogeneous Big Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine. Arxiv.

(2019). Tackling gaps in developing life-changing treatments for dementia . ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA-TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS.

(2019). iASiS: Towards Heterogeneous Big Data Analysis for Personalized Medicine . 2019 IEEE 32ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS (CBMS).

(2017). The <i>Shigella</i> Virulence Factor IcsA Relieves N-WASP Autoinhibition by Displacing the Verprolin Homology/Cofilin/Acidic (VCA) Domain . JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY.

(2015). Differential regulation of perineuronal nets in the brain and spinal cord with exercise training . BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN.

(2014). Identification of type III secretion substrates of <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> using <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> as a heterologous system . BMC MICROBIOLOGY.

(2013). Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Counteracts Tetherin Restriction via Its Virion Host Shutoff Activity . JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY.