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Think Imperial! 2022 - Wednesday 9 November 2022

This online panel event aims to provide information about postgraduate study opportunities, both at master's and PhD level within the Faculty of Medicine. The short presentations cover funding opportunities and studentships available within Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. The Staff and Student panel covers questions regarding postgraduate studies within the Faculty of Medicine. 

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2022 Faculty of Medicine Think Imperial! Event

 

Watch a recording of the 2022 Think Imperial event held on 9 November 2022.  

The event programme is given below, along with other resources that you may find useful to help you prepare for postgraduate study. For further information about master's courses in the Faculty please visit the Master's programmes webpage for an overview of all of the courses available. 

Programme: Wednesday 9 Nov 2022

14.30-14.35: Welcome to Think Imperial!

A brief welcome to the event by Professor Laki Buluwela and a few housekeeping rules.

14:35-14:40: Postgraduate Study Opportunities

Dr Jeffrey Vernon, our Principle Teaching Fellow and Faculty Senior Tutor for Medicine, will provide an introduction to the different programmes for postgraduate study available at the Faculty of Medicine.  He holds a PhD in embryology, and is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy (sFHEA). He is academic coordinator for the Imperial College Revolutions in Biomedicine summer school. He previously worked at UCL, conducting research in neural signalling, neuroprotection, and behaviour. He supervised graduate projects and mentored junior postdoctoral researchers. His experience as deputy programme manager for the UCL MSc in Neuroscience convinced him that teaching and research are inextricably linked. In particular, he wants students to view a career in science as rewarding and privileged.

14.40-14.45: PhD opportunities supported by our MultiSci MRC Doctoral Training Partnership

An overview of our MultiSci MRC DTP funding opportunity for students including funding supplements for additional academic development. 

Professor Laki Buluwela is the Academic Lead for Doctoral Degrees, Deputy Director of the Imperial College Graduate School, Programme Director for Imperial Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Programme (MRC DTP Studentships) and Professor of Cancer Medicine. He will be providing an overview of our MultiSci MRC DTP funding opportunity for students including funding supplements for additional academic development. Professor Buluwela has been interested in developing  in-vitro models for the study of mammary gland morphogenesis and growth, using primary human mammary epithelial cells. His recent work has centred on developing new techniques for manipulating key genes in cell models and the development of new therapies for Breast Cancer.

14.45-14.55: What funding opportunities are available?

An overview of funding available at Imperial College London and how to apply.

Tom Pearson has spent the past 13 years in higher education, both in Australia and in London, with most of that in the area of student financial support. He currently heads up the Student Financial Support Team at Imperial, responsible for providing funding advice and a range of funds management including the Imperial Bursary and central scholarships. Tom will provide information on what funding opportunites are available and later be able to answer any questions you may during the panel. 

 

The following document, ‌ has been put together to provide information about Additional funding opportunities, including links to other resources which may be of use to students attending Think Imperial!   

14.55-15.55: Student and Staff panel

Imperial students, alumni and staff will talk about their experiences of studying and researching at Imperial and how it compared to how they thought it would be. This is your opportunity to ask questions, so if there is anything you would like to know more about please submit your question during the panel discussion!

Here are some of this year's panellists:

Professor Laki Buluwela is the Academic Lead for Doctoral Degrees, Deputy Director of the Imperial College Graduate School, Programme Director for Imperial Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Programme (MRC DTP Studentships) and Professor of Cancer Medicine.  Professor Buluwela has been interested in developing in-vitro models for the study of mammary gland morphogenesis and growth, using primary human mammary epithelial cells. His recent work has centred on developing new techniques for manipulating key genes in cell models and the development of new therapies for Breast Cancer.

 

Dr Jeffrey Vernon, is the Principle Teaching Fellow and Faculty Senior Tutor for Medicine. He holds a PhD in embryology, and is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy (sFHEA). He is academic coordinator for the Imperial College Revolutions in Biomedicine summer school. He previously worked at UCL, conducting research in neural signalling, neuroprotection, and behaviour. He supervised graduate projects and mentored junior postdoctoral researchers. His experience as deputy programme manager for the UCL MSc in Neuroscience convinced him that teaching and research are inextricably linked. In particular, he wants students to view a career in science as rewarding and privileged.

 

Tom Pearson has spent the past 13 years in higher education, both in Australia and in London, with most of that in the area of student financial support. He currently heads up the Student Financial Support Team at Imperial, responsible for providing funding advice and a range of funds management including the Imperial Bursary and central scholarships. Tom may be able to answer any funding related questions you have during the panel.



Dr Hannah MaudeDr Hannah Maude completed her PhD as a student of the MRC doctoral training programme here at Imperial. She is very excited to now be working at Imperial as a postdoctoral research associate (and to have upgraded from a red student lanyard to a blue staff one!). Her work focuses on the genetics of complex and rare diseases, including type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. Having been at Imperial since 2012 as an undergraduate, Hannah very much appreciates the support she has received from the DTP and hopes to encourage others in their pursuit of a PhD.

Professor Kevin Murphy Professor Kevin Murphy is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research) for the Departments of Brain Sciences, Immunology and Inflammation, Infectious Disease, and Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction. He has successfully supervised more than 30 PhD students.  His research focuses on the role of the hypothalamus in the control of energy homeostasis and reproduction and he is particularly interested in how the gut senses nutritional status and signals to appetite centres of the brain such as the hypothalamus and brain stem to regulate food intake. 

Dr Sean Kassen is a former biomedical researcher and academic, now consulting as General Manager on a bespoke scholarship and leadership development programme across East Africa and the UK. After a career in finance and management consulting, he pivoted and retrained for a career in academic research, culminating in completing his BSc with First Class Honours, Master of Research, and Doctoral degree at Imperial as part of the prestigious MRC DTP in 2019. He then worked as a researcher at Imperial, and lectured at Anglia Ruskin University, before joining The Beacon Scholarship. Sean is very passionate about supporting those who face significant barriers through his private work as a coach and mentor with a focus on helping those from lower income and ethnic minority backgrounds.

 

Anjali Golding is a current PhD student investigating the underlying genetic networks of Alzheimer’s Disease. Her work is very translational as the purpose would be to identify potential candidate genes to target through drug repurposement. Having recently completed her Masters also at Imperial in Human Molecular Genetics, Anjali is now transitioning from a wet-lab background to entirely computational work. Due to that, she is hoping to start her career as a bioinformatician. She also gets involved in various activities outside of studying, such as the Computational Biology Society or helping with events at the university. It’s been an exciting journey so far and Anjali cannot wait to see what other opportunities Imperial holds in future.

 

Sasha Pokrovskaya recently completed MSc Translational Neuroscience course in Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial. She is very looking forward to working as a Research Technician in one of the UK DRI laboratories, focusing her work on epigenetic hallmarks of ageing and neurodegeneration. Sasha greatly appreciates the invaluable experience and support provided to her throughout her time at Imperial and is hoping to pursue a PhD in the future! 

 

 

Dr Joram Matthias Posma is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction to work on adaptive information recovery, robust data fusion and immersive data visualization of omics data, focusing on applications in biomedicine (cardiometabolic diseases, cancer, nutrition) including biomedical natural language processing (e.g. via ELIXIR funded research).  Dr Posma was previously a Lecturer in Cancer Informatics in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction (previously in the Department of Surgery and Cancer). He also was a recipient of a Rutherford Fund Fellowship (Health Data Research UK Fellow).

 



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