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Life at LifeArc

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Our mission

Meet some of our people

Huayu Zhang

Data Scientist

Name
Huayu Zhang

Role
Data Scientist, Health Data

Favourite thing about LifeArc?
Being able to focus on delivering meaningful patient impact through my work in health data science.

Proudest LifeArc moment?
Delivering the “CohorTS” projects with the team as part of our 2025 corporate goals. This work helped establish our data science capabilities for planning translational studies using Our Future Health data.

Biggest learning and development opportunity?
Embedded within a strong data science team, I’ve had the opportunity to learn and adopt best‑practice for coding. I have also developed my project management skills via dedicated trainings and real-world project leadership experience. Most rewarding has been the chance to learn from talented colleagues with diverse expertise.

Yaa Adjei

Portfolio Manager

Name
Yaa Adjei

Role
Portfolio Manager, MND and Rare Dementias Translational Challanges

Favourite thing about LifeArc?
The commitment to fund research from Keytruda royalties to make a difference to people living with rare diseases.

Proudest LifeArc moment?
The March 2025 MND & Rare Dementias LifeArc Summit was a proud moment. I worked with an amazing team to bring together patients, carers, experts, and colleagues, resulting in an engaging event.

Biggest learning and development opportunity?
I have experienced informal and formal learning opportunities LifeArc. These have included gaining valuable insights from experts and patients. I have also maintained my Project Management Institute (PMI) PMP credential.

Julie Robinson

Head of Procurement

Name
Julie Robinson

Role
Head of Procurement

Favourite thing about LifeArc?
Being surrounded by people who genuinely care about what they do — it makes coming to work feel meaningful.

Proudest LifeArc moment?
Helping teams get what they need, when they need it, so they can focus on the science that really matters.

Biggest learning and development opportunity?Growing into a role where I get to influence how we work and support people across the organisation. Professional procurement gives LifeArc stronger control, better value, and trusted supplier partnerships that free teams to focus on delivering life‑changing science and I am proud to lead that team.

What do we do?

We seek out scientific discoveries in areas of unmet need that have great potential but are struggling to get out of the lab or are stalled in development – whether they are tests, treatments or technologies. Then we address the hurdles that are keeping them from reaching the people who need them most.

View our case studies

View our partnerships and projects

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Make a difference while you develop

Having a growth mindset while enjoying a collaborative and innovative work culture go hand in hand. We aim to accelerate your development so you grow and we strengthen in our mission of changes the lives of people with rare diseases. At LifeArc, you can expect to:

Be in the driver’s seat of your own growth and development, with full support from your manager and the People Team.

Have access to development tools and resources like mentors and coaches, and a world-class online learning platform.

Develop your management skills through our bespoke and comprehensive manager development programme.

Where would you fit?

We support research to become treatments in many ways, including providing funding, scientific services or commercial expertise. Because of this, the roles and skills required across the company are widely varied.

See our org structure chart