Pearson obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences (Genetics) from the University of Cambridge in 1996.
She has interviewed and written about many high-profile scientists and academics for Nature including Robert Langer,[6] Lawrence Summers[7] and Joe Thornton.
[8] She has written freelance articles in outlets including The Guardian[9][10] and The Independent.
[11] Pearson's book, The Life Project: The extraordinary story of our ordinary lives was published by Allen Lane in 2016[1] and is about the British birth cohort studies.
[15] She gave the keynote public lecture at the British Society for the History of Science conference in 2017.