Medicine

“Believe in yourself, persevere and you may surprise yourself with what you can achieve.”

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald

Professor of Cancer Prevention at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Early Cancer Institute.

“Don’t overthink it. Maybe just try it, write the proposal, make the call and have that first conversation.”

Dr Saleyha Ahsan

Emergency medicine and humanitarian doctor.

“Sometimes a single conversation can be the start of expanding your horizons and reshaping your career.”

Dr Lola Solebo

Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Epidemiologist at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

“Clinical academics work extremely hard, often outside the public eye, but the ability to innovate and improve healthcare is a real privilege.”

Dr Petra Hanson

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Warwick Medical School.

“Even if you were not marked as academic at medical school you can still have a research career if you have the enthusiasm.”

Prof Richard McManus

Dean of Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Medicine

NIHR Next Steps in Delivering Clinical Research: 2 day course

10 December 2025

Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference (CATAC)

10 December 2025

Academic Intersectionality Mentoring in Medical Schools

14 November 2025

The Crick Postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians

14 November 2025

“I probably haven’t taken the most typical route to become a clinical academic.”

Dr Jamie Read

Professor of Medical Education and Dean of the Lincoln Medical School at the University of Lincoln.

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