Communications Lead
Rachael graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Natural Sciences in 2002. Since then she has worked in a number of communications and public engagement roles in the private sector and local authority, as well as becoming a tutor for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and enduring a four-year period as a science teacher.
Rachael oversee all communications-related functions for research and innovation at Leicester’s Hospitals and their research partnerships, including the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre and NIHR Leicester Clinical Research Facility. She is also the current NIHR Regional Communications Lead for the East Midlands. Rachael provides expert advice in science communications, media relations, public engagement, stakeholder engagement and marketing to clinical research teams and research-related leadership teams/boards.
E: Rachael.dowling@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
T: 0116 258 4971