As impact officer for the PHC Forestry sector Lisa Ward is responsible for feeding stakeholder and policy needs into the Centre’s directorate to address these through project commissioning, as well as the subsequent exchange of knowledge from project outcomes. Currently Head of Pathology at Forest Research, Lisa previously worked at Royal Horticultural Society, Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand) and FERA Science.  Her expertise: includes virology, diagnostics, quarantine, biosecurity, plant health regulations and forest pathology.