Aree Cheshire PhD

As Vice President, Client Strategy of the Communications capability at Lumanity, Aree Cheshire is responsible for ensuring client strategic partnership excellence within the Medical Strategy and Communications global practice. Leading the client service department to provide strategic counsel to Lumanity’s clients, Aree ensures that all medical and scientific communications activities are aligned with our mission to help improve patient health by accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances.

Aree has worked within the Healthcare Communications industry for over 15 years, establishing strong and effective consultative relationships with senior stakeholders in client companies to guide their key strategic projects, such as R&D target, patient activation, clinical data communication and launch-readiness planning, clinical trial operation strategy, and life-cycle management.

Prior to joining Lumanity, Aree has worked in roles across scientific and client services sides of healthcare communications at independent agencies, as well as those within the Publicis and WPP groups. Prior to embarking on a career in healthcare communications, Aree received her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Birmingham, having completed a joint research doctorate with the University of Zurich, Switzerland.