Director, Strategic Partnerships Office, University of Cambridge

Karen is Director of the University of Cambridge’s Strategic Partnerships Office. The Strategic Partnerships Office provides expertise and support to the University’s key partnerships and relationships, across disciplines and across the public and private sectors.

The focus is on partnerships that further the University’s academic activity and align with university priorities. These partnerships could be with a wide variety of entities, including public sector and private sector, other universities, research bodies, governments, companies, businesses, and trusts. Karen joined the University in July 2018 from the National Cancer Research Institute, where she had been Director since 2013. She has previously worked in strategic relations and programme management for research funders and scientific institutions, including Genome Canada and the Wellcome Trust. She holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry, and conducted post-doctoral research in France and at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge.