OverviewCohort: 8PhD Start Date: October 2024I am a registered Clinical Embryologist, interested in how the in-vitro culture environment may affect the health and pregnancy potential of the human embryo.I graduated in 2014 with a BSc in Medical Sciences, and in 2015...
Category: Academy fellows
Mr Michael Sharkey
Overview Cohort: 7PhD Start date: October 2023 I graduated from The University of Manchester in 2009 with a degree in MEng Mechanical Engineering and initially worked in industrial engineering. In 2012, I joined the NHS Scientist Training Programme, specialising in...
Mr David Edwards
OverviewCohort: 6PhD Start Date: August 2022After gaining experience in a range of hospital dentistry specialities and primary care, David joined the Royal Army Dental Corps where he served in a number of UK and overseas assignments, including Kenya, Afghanistan and...
Dr Alexander Blakes
Overview Cohort: 6PhD Start Date: October 2022 I am a Paediatrics trainee interested in the genetic basis of developmental disorders. I graduated from the University of Oxford in 2017 and moved to Southampton for an Academic Foundation Programme in Clinical Genetics....
Dr Stephanie Harrison
OverviewCohort: 6PhD Start date: August 2022University of Leeds Medical School (2011-17):Versus Arthritis Vacation Scholarship (2013). Project: Using chemokine/lymphocyte subsets to predict methotrexate response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)Wolfson Intercalated Degree...
Dr Sophie T Williams
Overview Cohort: 7Start date: October 2023 My training has made me ideally placed to work at the intersection of physical and biological sciences and clinical practice. I graduated from the Imperial College London School of Medicine accelerated Graduate Entry Course...
Ms Sarah Edney
OverviewCohort: 6PhD start date: October 2022I am a speech and language therapist and have specialised in neonatology and paediatric feeding for the past ten years. On moving from an adult to a neonatal caseload, I discovered significant gaps in the therapy-focused...
Dr Nik Tzoumas
OverviewCohort: 7PhD start date: August 2023I am a Specialty Registrar in Ophthalmology, PhD candidate in Genomic Medicine, and holder of a Wellcome 4Ward North Fellowship at the National Renal and Complement Therapeutics Centre (NRCTC) in Newcastle.I graduated in...
Dr Jonathan Batty
OverviewCohort: 6PhD start date: August 2022I have been committed to pursuing a combined clinical and academic career since early in medical school.As a second-year undergraduate at the University of Leeds, I was awarded an EXSEL Scholarship (sponsored by Heart...
Dr Ben Lindsey
OverviewCohort: 7PhD start date: October 2023I went to medical school at Imperial College London where I intercalated in Medical Sciences and Global Health.After completing foundation training I studied for an MSc in Infectious Disease Immunology at the London School...