Career stories

Explore interviews with clinical academics who share their career paths and experiences. These stories offer insight into academic life and support those considering or developing a clinical academic career.

Profession

Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacy
Veterinary Medicine
Nursing, Midwifery & AHPs

Theme

Overcoming adversity
Women in academia
Diversity
Alternative routes
Navigating clinical workload
Day in the life
Balancing family commitments

Career stage

Independent Researcher/Senior Leadership
Undergraduate
Pre-doctoral
Doctoral
Early Post-Doctoral
Later Post-Doctoral

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“The MRC fellowship has supported my work through funding, which has helped expand my horizons beyond expectations. ”

Dr Johnny Tam

MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow, Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and Institute of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research at The University of Edinburgh.

“The impact of my journey as a Pharmacy Technician in research supports the drive to increase pharmacy input and involvement into research. ”

Sarah Sharman

Senior Pharmacy Technician at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT.

“I have completed all programmes and qualifications in my career whilst working full time in my pharmacy technician role.”

Dr Gail Hall

Pharmacy Technician at Univeristy Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

“I guide students towards independent clinical practice and help them develop the skills and attributes essential to their role.”

Joanne Bowles

BSc Dental Therapy Programme Director and Senior Lecturer.

“The biggest thing for me is the passion to make a difference about a subject that sparks your curiosity.”

Dr Zoe Edwards

Clinical Research Lead/Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Bradford.

“Combining life and a career can be challenging. The women in these conversations have all found a way to thrive and have achieved great things.”

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“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.

Medicine
Video

“Your unique skills, whether coding, design, or statistics, can make a real difference in research. You don’t have to fit one mold to succeed.”

Dr Elizabeth Li

Surgical Registrar, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in Surgical Devices and Innovation and Chair of the West Midlands Research Collaborative.

Medicine
Video

“There’s something rewarding about seeing research you’ve created adopted into guidelines or clinical practice and translated into patient benefit.”

Mr James Glasbey

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in Global Surgery at the University of Birmingham.

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