Independent Researcher/Senior Leadership

“Your veterinary degree is a passport. It can take you into so many different careers and you don’t have to choose just one.”

Hayley Williamson

Clinical Assistant Professor in Small and Exotic Animal Practice at the University of Nottingham.

NHS Coaching and Mentoring (for NHS Staff only)

2 February 2026

Medicine
Mentorship

Academy of Medical Sciences Mentoring Programme

2 February 2026

Pharmacy
Mentorship

PRUK Mentoring Programme

2 February 2026

Medicine

CRUK Women of influence mentorship

21 April 2026

“I wanted to support patients who are often excluded from research.”

Dr Jonathan Pool

Clinical Academic Music Therapist at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research.

“I started with small projects, learned through experience and gradually built the confidence to pursue a PhD.”

Dr Louise Johnson

Consultant Physiotherapist in Stroke and Principal Researcher at the University of Southampton.

“What began as a small project became nationally recognised research.”

Professor Miranda Lomer

Senior Consultant Dietician in Gastroenterology & Professor of Dietetics in Gastroenterology at Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College London.

“My research journey started with an evidence gap and grew into a national programme of work.”

Dr Nick Woznitza

Consultant Radiographer and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London Hospitals & University College London.

“I was late to my research pathway and only finished my PhD in my early 50s but I don't have any regrets about the choice I've made.”

Dr Stephanie van Eeden

Lecturer in Speech and Language Sciences and Speech and Language Therapist at Newcastle University.

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