United Kingdom
Currently undertaking the MB PhD programme at University College London & a studentship with the Francis Crick Institute, eager to pursue a career in academic career in medicine. I have an enthusiasm for a variety of research modalities, including audit, qualitative research, and basic science / mixed-methods approaches.
Collaborating with fellow medical students and general surgeons at the Royal Free Hospital, as part of a retrospective audit into the optimisation of 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine therapy in the management of inflammatory bowel disease. Our abstract has been submitted to UEG Week 2018: 'Measuring Thioguanine Nucleotide (6-TGN) levels and clinical response in IBD; comparing single and combined therapies'.
Assistant researcher research into the pathophysiology of ARDS within the Section of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care (APMIC), Department of Surgery and Cancer in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College. I co-developed and executed a basic science, in vivo study exploring the pathophysiology of acute lung injury, centering on the activation of apoptotic mechanisms within lung tissue. Conducted under the expert guidance of Dr Michael Wilson PhD (Senior Lecturer) & Dr Brijesh Patel (Clinical Lecturer), within the laboratory of Professor Masao Takata.
Assistant researcher ‘Barriers to Uptake of Diabetes Education’ (BUDiE) study led by Dr Sophie Harris, Innovation Fellow, within King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Academic Department of Diabetes. My participation concerned a mixed-methods study centering on barriers to uptake of DAFNE Diabetes Education Programmes by people with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The BUDiE study is funded by the NIHR CLAHRC South London and the Health Innovation Network. Our paper 'Healthcare professional attitude plays an important role in attendance at diabetes structured education: analysis of the Barriers to Uptake of type 1 Diabetes Education (BUD1E) study surveys' has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Diabetic Medicine.
Proud audit collaborator and steering committee member with STARSurg. At national level, I am proud to have contributed to two prospective, collaborative, multi-centre cohort studies with the STARSurg collaborative: Defining Surgical Complications in the Overweight (DISCOVER) and Outcomes After Kidney Injury in Surgery (OAKS). Following my positive experience collecting data for STARSurg, I was selected to serve as Secretary & Publicity Coordinator on the National Steering Committee in 2015. DISCOVER has now been published, while OAKS has seen nearly 1,200 collaborators collecting prospective data on 5,800 patients across over 160 hospitals.