[1][2] Prof. Mummery has pioneered studies on cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem cells (hPSC)[3] and was among the first to inject them in mouse heart after myocardial infarction.

[4] Mummery was the first to derive human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) in Netherlands and is leading in their use for cardiovascular disease modelling and safety pharmacology.

[6] Mummery obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, Electronics and Mathematics in 1974 from the University of Nottingham, UK.

[11] Prof. Mummery is also the co-founder of LUMC spinout Pluriomics bv (now Ncardia[12] since September 2017) Mummery is a board member of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and the International Society of Stem Cell research (ISSCR) from which she is vice president since 2018 until 2020.

She is in the Scientific Advisory Boards of EU IMI StemBANCC, Galapagos, Pluripotent Stem Cell Initiative (UK).