• Question: How did you start your research?

    Asked by anon-182111 on 16 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Ashley Akbari

      Ashley Akbari answered on 16 Jun 2018:

      I started my research looking into how we could replicate large scale studies usually completed by collecting surveys of information directly from people, but instead from data that is already collected by the NHS as part of the care people receive. Our plan was to reduce the costs and impact on people having to answer questions which we already hold a lot of the details on, and we continue to work on projects like this where lots of this information is available to be accessed in secure and trusted way.

    • Photo: Claire Donald

      Claire Donald answered on 17 Jun 2018:

      I first got into mosquitoes and the viruses they spread during my masters degree. We had to do a 4 month placement in a lab as part of the degree and I enjoyed it so much I’m still there! I’ve been in the same lab for 8 years now and did my PhD and my first post doctoral job there.

    • Photo: Lauren Burns

      Lauren Burns answered on 18 Jun 2018:

      My research project started as an idea on my supervisors’ shelf, pushed to the side and gaining dust as it was too broad a topic and she had too many other projects to focus on. Together, we narrowed the topic by combining mental health (from my background) and her interests in clinical decision-making, to create my PhD topic!

    • Photo: Laura Hemming

      Laura Hemming answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      My PhD question was started by my supervisor – he is a Clinical Psychologist and was working in prisons at the time to deliver a therapy aimed at reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Whilst he was talking to the men in therapy sessions, he noticed that lots of them really struggled to talk about their feelings to him. This got him wondering whether this was what was causing people to feel suicidal. My PhD aims to find out if this is the case or not.

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