She received her PhD degree in pharmacology at the University of London, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine.
[4] Buckingham started her career in 1971 as a research assistant at Glaxo Laboratories, UK.
[6][7] Following the announcement of her intention to leave Brunel, she became Chair of the Institute of Cancer Research on 1 August 2021.
[8] Buckingham was elected as a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society in 2004.
[10] In 2018, she was appointed by the Queen a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).