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2007 - PhD, University of Exeter (Molecular Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes and Body Size) 2004 - MSc, University of Exeter (Biological Research Methods, Distinction) 1999 - PGCE, University of Oxford (Secondary Science) 1998 - BA (Hons), University of Oxford (Biological Sciences) [MA (Oxon), 2002] Career Rachel graduated with a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford in 1998 and, following four years as a secondary school Science teacher in Devon, completed an MSc and PhD at the University of Exeter. As a Diabetes UK-funded PhD student with Professors Andrew Hattersley and Tim Frayling, she participated in the first genome-wide association studies of type 2 diabetes and developed an interest in the maternal and fetal genetics of birth weight and its link with type 2 diabetes. In 2008, she was awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate the role of genes in fetal and childhood growth and to spend time working and training in Exeter, Bristol, and Chicago. This has enabled her to collaborate with world-leading experts in genetics, diabetic medicine, statistical methods and epidemiology, and bring together data from the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and the Hyperglycaemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study. Rachel was awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Dale Fellowship in 2014 by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society. Her current work focuses on using maternal and fetal genetics to understand the role of the intrauterine environment in fetal growth.