• Question: Why should I vote for you?

    Asked by anon-193419 to Morwenna, Jamal, iainstaniland, Heidi, Emma, Carl on 10 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-193448.
    • Photo: Carl Heron

      Carl Heron answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      Good question. We are all wonderful scientists so it’s really up to you to judge whose answers you like best or find the most interesting.

      Each of us has identified what we would do with the £500 prize. I want to support The Lightyear Foundation. This is a charity that tries to break down barriers to science education so that all children can explore, get excited by and gain a deeper understanding of science. They are particularly passionate about getting more disabled children into science. I would work with them to develop a small project that links archaeology and science – my two passions at work.

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      Heidi Gardner answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      Oo what a question! Each of the scientists that you’ve been talking to and asking questions of has decided what they would spend the £500 prize money on, so I would recommend that you take a look at each of our profiles and see which idea you like the best 🙂
      I want to make a zine (which is like a short, homemade magazine) to tell people about clinical trials and why they’re so important. The zine itself would be full of short articles, pictures, maybe even a cartoon or two – so not at all like a textbook, but something super fun and exciting to look at that makes learning about trials fun.

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      Emma Crawford answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      You should vote for me, to help me win as I will donate the money to PSI CALC to help organise further careers events and resources so that we can continue to inspire students to study maths and statistics, and to highlight the possible career paths open to them within medical research.

      In my spare time I volunteer as a committee member of PSI CALC. PSI is a society for statisticians working in the pharmaceutical committee. As part of PSI, CALC (Careers and Academic Liaison Committee) work to promote careers for statisticians and programmers within the pharmaceutical industry, through school and university activities and establishing links with relevant professional groups.

      We run an annual event for university students where they can meet with companies from within the pharmaceutical industry to discuss jobs and find out more about opportunities. We also recently started running an annual event for schools called “Maths meets Medicine”, where KS4 students come and learn about how statistics plays a crucial role in the development of new medicines with interactive and fun statistics-based workshops.

      The events we organize are free for schools and students to attend, so we would use the money donated to allow us to continue to improve on these events and fund resources for new workshops!

      For more info see our website: https://www.psiweb.org/careers-homepage

    • Photo: Iain Staniland

      Iain Staniland answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      It does not matter who you vote for as long as you vote!
      I would recommend reading the answers we have made to people and read all the scientists blogs. Hopefully this will inspire you even if you don’t necessarily want to become a scientist. You can also then determine what you feel is important to you and vote accordingly!
      Oh and have fun I know we all are.

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