Rosie Russell

Rosie Russell is Co-President and Chair of Council of IIRSM. She has held a number of positions within the Institute including chairing the Membership and Branches Committee and the Fellowship Approvals Panel.She started her career as an Organic Chemist working in academic and biotechnology research and development laboratories where she began taking an involuntary interest in health and safety matters following a laboratory accident. This, and her wife’s academic background, led her to take on a Health and Safety role alongside laboratory management and continued lab work. She discovered that health and safety was her true vocation and is now Director of EHS & Sustainability for MeiraGTx, a research phase, vertically integrated, pharmaceutical company specialising in gene therapies.She has worked in R&D and biomanufacturing across academic, charity and private sector settings for 30 years with over 20 of those involving health and safety. As well as developing expertise across