Alternative routes

“I wanted to make sure that in the next 20 years, we weren't still approaching these challenges in exactly the same way.”

Dr Jodi Allen

Clinical Academic Speech and Language Therapist at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London NHS Foundation Trust.

“I never intended to be working in research. I came into it through frustration.”

Jessica Pawson

Wellcome HARP Doctoral Training Partnership PhD student at the Centre for Bone & Joint Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London and Physiotherapist at Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.

“The only way I could create the clinical academic position I was looking for was to find two jobs and cobble them together.”

Dr Jennifer Crow

Clinical Academic Postdoctoral Research and Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist at Imperial College London and University College Healthcare NHS Trust.

“I started my PhD out of frustration. There was so little evidence to help.”

Dr Hortensia Gimeno

Clinical Reader in Child Health at the Centre for Bone & Joint Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Associate Director for Therapies Research at Barts Health NHS Trust, and NIHR Advanced Fellow.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“Diversity brings much more than equal participation, it makes us stronger and more innovative.”

Professor Muzlifah Haniffa

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science, Lister Institute Prize Fellow, Professor of Dermatology and Immunology at Newcastle University.