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Funding: Medical Research Council (MRC)

Dr Ruchika Gajwani
“I’m inspired to pursue clinical research along with others who aspire for a more equitable society”
Dr Ruchika Gajwani
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Stella Chan
“I couldn’t wait to start my research career as I simply love the process of thinking”
Dr Stella Chan
Academic Clinical Psychologist
Professor Cathy Creswell
“The flexibility of research brings both challenges and benefits”
Professor Cathy Creswell
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Ruth McGovern
Addiction research
“Developing research agency and independence”
Dr Ruth McGovern
Social worker
Professor Eileen Kaner
Addiction research
“Why not become a ‘boundary-spanner’?”
Professor Eileen Kaner
Professor of Public Health and Primary Care Research
Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton
“Independent but not alone”
Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton
Clinical Psychologist
Professor Louise Howard
“Research leads to other opportunities – for example strategic roles, later in your career”
Professor Louise Howard
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
Professor Roshan das Nair
“My earliest work experience in India was the driver for my research today”
Professor Roshan das Nair
Clinical Psychologist

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