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Deputy Director
Kate O’Shea is UKCDS Deputy Director.
Kate will be on maternity leave until March 2013.
Kate’s role
Kate works with a range of key funders and stakeholders in the UK’s development sciences research base to facilitate discussions between those interested in research for international development. Kate works with the UKCDS Secretariat to provide strategic advice and evidence to the UKCDS Chair and Board on which to base their decisions.
Kate leads UKCDS work themes on health, capacity strengthening and research uptake. During 2011-12 her focus will be on what more UK funders and researchers could be doing to strengthen research capacity at the organisational and national level and how efforts could be evaluated and learning shared.
About Kate
Kate recently completed a Research Masters in Public Policy and Management at Birkbeck College, University of London, which included a dissertation on the role of systematic reviews in international development policy. Her first degree was a BSc (Hons) in Biology from Bristol University. After graduating Kate worked briefly in research and development management in the NHS, before joining the science policy section of the Royal Society, the UK's national Academy of Science. She spent four years at the Royal Society working on a range of areas including science base and innovation, international security and new and emerging technologies.
