Celebrating International Women’s Day at York Biotech Campus

 

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the diverse talent across campus by bringing together the voices of two women whose roles reflect the breadth of expertise within our community: Kat Burn, Healthcare Scientist and Laboratory Safety Officer at UKHSA, and Holly Steel, Marketing Executive at Fera.

What is your current role, what inspired you to pursue this career and how did you get to where you are today?

Kat:
“My role is Healthcare Scientist – Laboratory Safety Officer, though it doesn’t quite capture that my real specialty is microbiology and bacteriology! Our lab is one of three UKHSA Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Labs, working with local authorities, the Food Standards Agency and NHS partners to screen samples for hygiene indicators and pathogens like Salmonella, Listeria and Legionella.

I actually fell into...