Sophia Walker

Sophia Walker has built on her experience of living with type 1 diabetes since the age of six to advocate for the increased role of the patient perspective in treatment development, healthcare delivery, and outcomes research. She has a background in clinical trial management, pharmaceutical market access, and commercialisation and communication strategies. She was previously the Accelerated Access Lead at JDRF UK, the type 1 diabetes medical research charity. She holds an MSc in Health, Community, and Development from the London School of Economics.

Competing interests
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I have the following interests to declare:

Personal

I own shares in two chemical companies: DuPont and Chemours.

Organisational

Unpaid positions

I do frequent voluntary work (and was formerly employed by) with JDRF UK, a type 1 diabetes medical research charity.