Anna Piccinini’s blog for International Women’s Day 2016
March 11, 2016
A very European journey in science The first bench at which I spent endless hours was not in the lab but in the garden. The natural curiosity and sense of exploration that has kept me outdoors and away from television as a child is the same that has driven me to the lab in biomedical …
Lisa White’s blog for International Women’s Day 2016
March 10, 2016
I grew up in a small country town in rural Victoria in Australia. I enjoyed learning at school and loved reading and maths. At High School in Year 9, boys and girls at this stage were separated into different classes: ‘electronics’ for boys and ‘home economics’ for girls. I rebelled and became the first girl …
Joy Wingfield’s blog for International Women’s Day 2016
March 9, 2016
I rarely think of myself as a scientist. That’s because popular images of scientists in my youth used to be wild-eyed souls in white coats and goggles surrounded by bubbling retorts and bunsen burners. The equipment has modernised: micro-assays and computers now but the media still represents scientists as lab-workers finding the inevitable medical breakthrough …
Tracey Thornley’s blog for International Women’s Day 2016
March 8, 2016
I remember being an A level student and pondering about whether to go to University to read Law, Biology, or Mathematics – I chose pharmacy because it combined all three and I thought that it would keep me interested whilst studying. Little did I know that it would lead me down this exciting and challenging …
Championing collaboration; The Jerantinine story … so far …
March 7, 2016
In recognition of International Women`s Day, this blog has been written by Dr. Tracey D Bradshaw, assistant professor in The School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham. I have been affiliated with The School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham for 25 years, arriving in 1991 as a post doc working briefly for Dr. Martin Garnett and …
Felicity Rose’s blog for International Women’s Day
March 11, 2015
I have always had a keen interest in science, even from right back at primary school. I can remember eagerly working through my workbooks and even enjoying learning how to wire a plug! This continued through secondary school and I even came top of my year in physics in year 9. Following A-levels, I studied …
Li-Chia Chen’s blog for International Women’s Day
March 9, 2015
Clinical pharmacy My journey to become an academic reflects a global trend in the evolution of the pharmacy profession. I was trained as a hospital pharmacist in Taiwan. When I attended the undergraduate pharmacy programme, I was always taught that ‘clinical pharmacy’ is the future of the pharmacy profession. After I graduated, I practised as …
Rachel Elliott’s blog for International Women’s Day
March 6, 2015
Life skill 1: Changing my mind I love organic chemistry. Before I started my ‘A’-levels, I had read all the textbooks. I chose a Pharmacy degree so that I could learn medicinal chemistry, and l liked the security of a professional qualification. Planning on going back to uni for a PhD in medicinal chemistry, I …
Claire Anderson’s blog for International Women’s Day
March 4, 2015
Bearded committees Having worked as both a hospital and community pharmacist, one day I saw an advert for a job as a lecturer at King’s College London. Half of the role was to develop postgraduate education for community pharmacists and half to provide continuing education for community pharmacists (pharmacists this was in the dark days …
Cornelia de Moor’s blog for International Women’s Day
March 2, 2015
Small wonders I have always seen the beauty in small living things, ever since I found a worm in the lawn in my first summer. Much of my childhood was spent finding feathers, daisies, tadpoles, mushrooms, berries and critters. My parents, although slightly mystified, encouraged my interests. They gave me a camera, which I mostly …
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