Sara Al-Bader

Sara Al-Bader is studying for her Masters/PhD at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto.  After a BSc in Physics and MSc in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of London, Sara worked as a science communicator in several science museums in the UK and US.  She then worked in UK government's Department of Trade and Industry promoting the involvement of women in science at all levels, and getting her first taste of the policy world.  This led to a job at the UK's Academy of Science, the Royal Society, where Sara joined the policy section in 2001.  Her role there was to coordinate and supply scientific advice to policy-makers nationally and internationally, in a range of areas.  Sara is part of the commercialization team, researching the state of life sciences commercialization in two African countries - South Africa and Ghana.