Stephanie Efthymiou graduated from Imperial College as a biologist and also spent a year at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Lyon, France, investigating the pathogenesis of viruses like Ebola and Marburg. She completed a master’s degree in the Pathology of Viruses and Molecular Biology of Viruses at Imperial College London, London, UK, in 2014, and a Ph.D. in Neurogenetics at University College London, London, UK. She is currently an ICGNMD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, working on the genetic and functional characterization of rare early onset neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental disorders in underrepresented populations.