About my current job
My faculty role includes teaching, admin and research.
Something important I learned during my time at EP
The background of students on the MSc in Neuroscience was truly interdisciplinary, including people with degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, Physics and Mathematics to name a few. It taught me how to avoid the jargon and talk to people from other disciplines about a neuroscience problem and similarly ask others to explain their perspective. This also instilled a way of thinking about research questions that was very much focussed on figuring out the best way to address the question and throw whatever was needed at it, irrespective of the origins of the methodology or approach.
Fond memories of my time at EP
I spent quite a few hours in the 'OSCCI testing van' collecting data from children with Down syndrome all over the country. Often another researcher joined me and although it was sometimes stressful, it was a lot of fun as well (including reversing the van backwards out of a lane somewhere in Wales that turned out to be too narrow ... ). There are many more, including the regular drinks, lunches and punting expeditions with the lab to celebrate papers published, vivas passed, birthdays had or Christmas.
Did you have a favourite tutor/lecturer/prof, and how did they inspire you?
Not one particular favourite, but I loved the fact that there was a world expert on pretty much anything I wanted to know in the building. People from the developmental section were so very generous with their time!
With the benefit of hindsight, do you have any advice you'd give your younger self?
Taking small steps (sometimes backwards) is exactly what you are supposed to be doing when completing your DPhil, so don't worry and keep at it.
