Vicky is a residentiary Canon at Ely Cathedral. Prior to that she was parish priest in Manchester. She has a PhD in Biochemistry, and worked as a Cancer Research Scientist at the University of Manchester before training for ordination and switching to theology, studying at Cambridge and Yale universities. Vicky is a member of the Mission Theology Advisory group, and Mission and Public Affairs Council of the Church of England and is currently engaged in conversations with Bishops and religious leaders on the communication of science in the life of the church, as well as planning a science festival at Ely Cathedral.