Adele originally studied mathematics at the Unversity of York, obtaining a PhD in 2010 by examining the exceptional lie algebras via a diagrammatic notation. She worked in clinical trials for over six years progressing from data cleaning to database setup for new studies, before joining the Epidemiology & Cancer Statistics Group (ECSG) in April 2020. Since then she has provided analysis for a number of projects using the European Myelodysplastic Syndromes Registry.