Richard Doll Lecture Theatre

Sandwich lunch at 12-1pm in the atrium
Talk begins at 1pm in the lecture theatre

Dr Hayleah Pickford Hayleah is a Senior Editor within the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases team at Nature Communications, where she handles manuscripts on clinical and translational microbiology, focusing on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. She also works closely with the Early Career Researchers (ECR) working group at the journal, which works on initiatives to involve ECRs in the peer-review process. Hayleah joined Nature Communications in 2021, after working in a medical microbiology research group at the University of Oxford for two years. Through the MIBTP Doctoral Training Partnership, she holds a PhD from University of Birmingham in molecular microbiology, focusing on mycobacterial cell growth and division. Prior to this, she completed a BSc in biomedical science at Aston University.
Hayleah will be visiting Oxford on the 4th June to host a seminar on ‘how and why to publish with Nature Communications’ and ‘editorial careers’