Rachel Duff

Final Year Medical Student | iBSc Biomedical Engineering @ Imperial | National MedTech Foundation Research Officer | Interested in Surgery

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

About

🩺 Final Year Edinburgh Medical Student with a First Class Honours in iBSc Biomedical Engineering & Medical Sciences from Imperial College London. 🎯 Interested in surgery, and wanting to improve access to healthcare globally. 👩🏻‍💻 Research officer & previous externals officer for @nationalmedtechfoundation, leading a research project with King's College London NIHR Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine HealthTech Research Centre. 👩🏻‍💼 Interned @Foundry Healthtech Consulting Firm as an analyst. 📩 [email protected]

Experience

  • Visiting Researcher at King's College London
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    Leading a research project in collaboration with King's College London's HealthTech Research Centre and the National MedTech Foundation. This collaborative project brings together expertise in medical engineering, tissue biomechanics, and clinical translation, with the shared goal of improving outcomes for patients undergoing vascular repair procedures.

  • National MedTech Foundation (3 yrs)
    • National Research Officer
      Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

      Leading multiple research projects in health-tech and digital health, collaborating with Cambridge and King’s College London HealthTech research centres. I mentor students within these projects to improve research skills in critical appraisal and scientific writing. Worked together to build a national teaching programme in scientific research to deliver to students in a multi-disciplinary fashion. Presented a workshop on critical appraisal and research at the 3rd annual national MTF conference, and led a panel with Dr Angela Lam, Dr Sen and Dr Golab.

    • National Externals Officer
      Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Developed comprehensive event plans for a National MedTech Conference at the University of Cambridge in 2024, with 100+ attendees. Led a speaker panel and mini hackathon workshop with the theme of AI in MedTech. Built relationships with high-profile speakers, led communications with participants and speakers & generated growth in sponsorship revenue.

  • The University of Edinburgh (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • SUNS Networking Lead
      Jun 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Networking lead for the Scottish Universities Neurological Society for the 25/26 academic year. Established a national networking initiative, aimed at forming collaborations between medical students are researchers.

    • President of Ophthalmology Society
      May 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Leading Edinburgh’s Ophthalmology Society 25/26. Established an ophthalmology research network, with supervisors ranging from ophthalmologists to neurosurgeons. We teach students how to do research from scratch, by getting involved in impactful work aiming for publication. We’re running OSCE workshops, and organising a Scottish national ophthalmology conference and various webinar seriesz

    • Ophthalmology Society Event Coordinator
      Apr 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Organised events for the Edinburgh Ophthalmology society, including teaching sessions and a national webinar series. Fostered active collaborations with Imperial College London and Swansea Medical School to create a national duke elder teaching programme. Held the society’s more successful webinar to date titled “Innovation in Ophthalmology”, with 60+ sign ups across the UK ranging students to doctors.

  • Change Agent at Rethinking Health
    Oct 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    One of ten individuals in the UK selected for a health-leadership programme, identified from their own personal projects contributing towards patient centred medicine.

  • Analyst Intern at Foundry Health
    Jan 2025 - Apr 2025 · 4 mos