Jody Barbeau

Jody Barbeau has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in scientific communications, medical writing, content and communications management, and research. Their most recent position is as the Director of Scientific Communications at Exscientia, a role they started in July 2021. Prior to that, they worked as the Lead Market Access Writer at Evidera from January 2021 to June 2021. From 2020 to 2021, Jody held the position of Senior Manager of Content and Communications at Crown Bioscience, Inc. They also worked as a Senior Scientific Marketing Communications Specialist at the same company from 2015 to 2020. In addition, Jody worked as a Scientific Writer in Marketing and as a Medical Writer at Quotient Sciences and United BioSource Corporation, respectively. Their academic background includes positions as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Jody Barbeau completed a PhD in Drug Development, DNA Repair, and Cancer Research in collaboration with KuDOS Pharmaceutical at Newcastle University from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, Jody obtained a BSc Hons in Pharmacology from Newcastle University from 2000 to 2003. In addition to their educational background, Jody has also obtained certifications in Inbound Marketing from HubSpot in November 2016 and in Digital Copywriting from The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing.