• Question: What do you aspire to do in the near future

    Asked by anon-193367 to Jamal on 5 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Jamal Kinsella

      Jamal Kinsella answered on 5 Nov 2018:

      Thank you for asking! The thing I’m best at talking about is myself, after all!

      I am currently deciding whether I want to continue to be a research scientist after my PhD. I have been doing this for for about 10 years now, and I feel I want to use my skills to help people more directly, and do a job that involves more direct impact.

      Currently, I’m thinking of joining a university course in Speech and Language Therapy and becoming a speech therapist in the health service. This would involve using my knowledge of psychology to help people learn to speak. This really excites me at the moment because I still feel I want to get more education and knowing I can use it to make an impact to people’s lives could make me even happier than working as a researcher. But, the door is never closed on science – I could always become a research scientist again in the future even if I leave so I’m probably not leaving forever!

Comments

  • Photo: Emma

    Emma commented on :

    Next year I will be getting married a hopefully get a puppy (dachshund!). In my career, I hope to get promoted within the next 12 months to Senior Biostatistician that would allow me to start taking on more responsibility at work such as offering statistical expertise to allow us to win a contract to perform work for a client.

  • Photo: Heidi

    Heidi commented on :

    Oooh what a question! I’d like to stay in scientific research and build my career, next year I’ll be leading my own research project for the first time which is exciting, and I’d like to be in a position to give students work experience too.