[1] She is a professor of cell biology and the director of the Division of Biosciences (part of the Faculty of Life Sciences) at University College London.
She received a Marshall Scholarship to study in the UK and performed research in the laboratory of Walter Bodmer at Oxford University, obtaining a D. Phil.
[10] Brodsky has been a leader in analyzing the regulation of clathrin assembly[11][12][13] and the adaptor proteins that help capture specific cargoes in clathrin-coated vesicles.
[19] In 2015, after 28 years at UCSF, Brodsky moved back to the UK to lead the Division of Biosciences at University College London.
[20] In 2019, she was elected to the council of the Academy of Medical Sciences[21] Brodsky is the author of three mystery novels starring virologist Dr. Celeste Braun, all published by Berkley Prime Crime, under the pseudonym B.B.