Policy Team

We influence public policy to maximise the impact of our strategy: supporting science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.

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Our policy work focuses on creating environments where research thrives and its benefits reach people quickly.   

We do this by providing expert insight and advocacy, creating pragmatic, ambitious policy solutions and developing the evidence base, arguments and products to reach our influence goals. We deliver collaboratively with Corporate Affairs and the Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships Team.

Meet the team 

  • Beck Smith

    Associate Director, Global Health Policy

    Wellcome

    Beck Smith joined Wellcome in 2020 and became Interim Associate Director in 2023, leading the policy team's work across Climate and Health, Infectious Disease, Mental Health and Discovery Research.

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  • Michelle Marshall

    PA / Team Coordinator

Policy, Climate and Health

  • Alice Bell

    Head of Policy, Climate and Health

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  • Arthy Hartwell

    Policy Lead

  • Simon Hall

    Policy Adviser

  • Trish O'Beirne

    Policy Adviser

  • Olivia Paine

    Policy Adviser

  • Hope Dillarstone

    Graduate Trainee

Policy, Infectious Disease

  • Jeremy Knox

    Head of Policy, Infectious Disease

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  • Zoe Molyneux

    Policy Lead

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  • Antonia Lombardi

    Senior Policy Officer

  • Rebecca Manaley

    Policy Adviser

  • Ollie Williams

    Senior Policy Adviser

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Policy, Mental Health

  • Paul Spencer

    Head of Policy, Mental Health

  • Alice Jamieson

    Policy Lead

  • Alex Callaghan

    Policy Lead

  • Alycia Draper

    Senior Policy Adviser

Policy Lab

  • Martin Smith

    Head of Policy Lab

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  • Ignacio Vázquez

    Policy Lead

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  • Crawford Barber

    Policy Adviser

  • Katie Greig

    Senior Policy Officer

  • Alice Routledge

    Graduate Trainee

Global Health Architecture

  • Clare Battle

    Policy Lead

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  • Fabian Moser

    Policy Adviser

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  • Milca Abla

    Policy Adviser

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Our work 

Contact us 

If you have any questions or comments, email 

policy@wellcome.org

Latest reports 

Reports

Find out more about our policy work through our latest reports.

Insights and analysis