Welcome to the brand new season of the The Rare Disease Podcast for Medics! To kick off the season, we have the wonderful Baroness Nicola Blackwood who speaks to us all about Ehlers-Danlos, patient care and her work in politics.

Nicola is a leader in science and entrepreneurship. She is a member of the House of Lords and Chair of Genomics England and Oxford University Innovation. Nicola is also a board member of the biotechnology company BioNTech.

Nicola served as Minister for Innovation in the Department of Health and Social Care under two prime ministers, where she led on life sciences, NHS data and digital transformation, and global health security.

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