Alana Dalton completed her BSc in Biomedical Science at the University of Sussex before specialising in Immunology with a Master's degree at King’s College London.
She subsequently began her PhD at King’s College London under the supervision of Professor Deena Gibbons and Professor Jo Spencer, funded by the Lupus Trust.
Now in the third year of her PhD, her research focuses on B cells in human infants, exploring their development and potential function during bacterial infections.