Tamara graduated from the University of Oxford in 2001 with an Honours degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. During this time she spent a research term at l'Institut National des Sciences Appliqueés in Lyon working on the activation of blood platelets. She was subsequently awarded a DPhil for research on the molecular biology and genetics of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. Tamara joined the firm in 2006.