Holly Jackson is a PhD student within statistics and operational research at Lancaster university. Her research focuses on investigating novel methodologies in rare disease clinical trials. She completed her MMath degree from the university of Nottingham in 2017 and completed her MRes in statistics and operational research at Lancaster university in 2018. In addition, she completed a 12-month Roche Internship for Scientific Exchange, where she performed exploratory analysis on Parkinson’s disease data. Outside of work, Holly enjoys playing and watching both rugby and football, hiking and reading.