Anita Beck - Content Developer
Fascinated by science from an early age and inspired by family and her dynamic physics teacher, Anita studied chemistry, linguistics and then a graduate diploma in Science Communication. Curious by nature,...
Yasmin Khan - Curator Team Leader
Interested in medicine from an early age, Yasmin's sandwich course experience changed her aspirations. Acknowledging that her heart lay in communicating science, Yasmin has found her varied roles at the...
Jennifer Wong - Exhibition Coordinator
Jennifer Wong has 3 science A levels, a degree in natural sciences from Cambridge and a masters in the history and philosophy of science. Nevertheless, career decision making still posed challenges. An...
Andrew Johnston - Consultant Anaesthetist
Dr Andrew Johnston grew up watching his father work as a Doctor, and chose to follow this route. On his specialism he says "The thing that really excited me was the very very unwell, very sick patients...
Julie Smith - Executive Adviser
Julie Smith was a Lead Stenographer in the Ultrasound department at Addenbrookes and is now using this knowledge as an Adviser to the Chief Executive. An advert in the Yorkshire Evening Press took her...
Deborah Morgan - Biomedical Scientist
Deborah Morgan left school after GCSE, "I was just interested in getting out, getting a few bob in my pocket and getting a motorbike." She travelled in Australia for a year. Returning Deborah was unemployed...
Lucy Kerr - Senior Biomedical Scientist
Lucy Kerr is a Senior Biomedical Scientist, "I was flicking through a Sunday paper one morning in bed, and stumbled acrooss a Trainee Biomedical Science position. And basically they would pay for my...
Helen Swalwell - Molecular Geneticist
Helen Swalwell is a trainee molecular geneticist, she did well at GCSE, but not so well at A Level. Taking a job in a bank, she studied Biology at university but found studying whilst working hard. On...
Stephen MacDonald - Clinical Scientist
Stephen MacDonald provides blood to patients at Addenbrookes Hospital. He says "Somebody might be on a Theatre table bleeding to death - and they need you, and you only, to do something very quickly....
Paul Player - Biomedical Scientist
Paul Player is a Biomedical Scientist at Addenbrookes, combining emergency transfusions for patients who need blood with laboratory analysis of illness and treatments. He describes the stress of knowing...
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