Dr Alexia Cardona
- Course Director for Data Science (PACE)
- Co-Director and Head of Training (RRCam)
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Dr Alexia Cardona is the Course Director of Data Science at PACE (Professional and Continuing Education) and the Co-Director and Head of Training at RRCam (Reproducible Research Cambridge). Throughout her career, she has successfully established and led both award-bearing courses and non-award-bearing training programmes that build capacity in these domains.
At the national level, Dr Cardona serves as the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) Local Network Lead for Cambridge and the ELIXIR-UK Training Platform Coordinator. In these roles, she represents the University of Cambridge on committees and projects that promote skills development of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reproducible) principles and practices in data and software. At the international level, Dr Cardona co-leads training projects within ELIXIR Europe, collaborating with leaders and partners across Europe to enhance the development of high-quality higher education non-award-bearing programmes supporting data and software training.
Dr Cardona is a committed advocate for the representation of women in leadership and computational fields, where they remain underrepresented. She currently serves as co-chair of the University of Cambridge Women’s Staff Network.