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“You don’t have to follow one standard ladder into clinical academia, there are multiple routes and more flexibility than people often realise.”

Professor Debbie Sharp

Professor of Primary Health Care at the University of Bristol and Head of School of Clinical Academic Training at the Severn Deanery.

“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.

“Doing my PhD was an incredible opportunity. It allowed me to step back from clinical training and really immerse myself in research. ”

Greig Taylor

Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry and NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow at Newcastle University.

“I love that no two days are ever the same. I get to combine clinical work, research, teaching and leadership while helping others grow in their careers.”

Professor Chris Vernazza

Head of the Dental School and Professor of Oral Health Services at Newcastle University.

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“As you become more engaged, you start to develop your own networks and put your own project teams together, and that becomes a catalyst for research.”

Dr James Field

Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Honorary Consultant in Prosthodontics and a National Teaching Fellow.

“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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