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United Kingdom

• Researched into the sex disparity in the asthma population and communicated findings effectively through presentations and reports, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Isolated mRNA from airway smooth muscle cells and utilised Reverse Transcription for cDNA synthesis, to prepare samples for gene expression analysis quantified with RT-qPCR assays.
• Utilised organ bath techniques to study contractile responses of airway smooth muscle tissue to sex hormones; testosterone, oestrogen and progesterone.
• Employed calcium imaging techniques to investigate the functional impacts of sex hormones on human airway smooth muscle cells, as a proxy to examining tracheal tissue contraction.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for scoping and writing literature reviews to produce academic outputs regarding the new hybrid learning approach.
• Peer reviewed and assisted with the editing of research outputs to ensure scientific accuracy.
• Conducted focus groups to collect and analyse qualitative data that were fed back to the University of Bristol's higher teaching board.

• Worked together with Prof. Li Ling Jun to publish a paper on the modifiable socioeconomic and lifestyle risk factors for female infertility.
• Supported the editing of research outputs and systematically identified the fertility factors and prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Asia.
• Ensured research outputs complied with data protection guidelines and policies of various research journals.

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

• One of the 9 students selected from a pool of 300+ applicants to conduct an 8-week research placement at The Babraham Institute.
• Worked together with research academics and PhD students at the Babraham Institute to driveresearch into cysteine oxidation in protein tyrosine phosphatases involved with ageing.
• Extrapolated global redoxome data to identify trends in various tissue-specific cysteine oxidation networks in young and old mice and analysed these with graphical figures programmed with R-statistics.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Singapore, Singapore

• Independently researched about skin physiology and skin care by gathering information through published journals and interviewing dermatologists to produce findings that are fed back to patients.
• Gathered and evaluated data to discuss my research findings in blog posts and podcasts published on the clinic’s website as well as in written form, as a book discussing body skin care.

• Responsible for researching the developmental programmes available in Bristol that aim to support education in young people.
• Analysed these programmes based on their content and location to support the development of a new programme that targets STEM development in underrepresented young people.

Singapore, Singapore

• Assisted doctors by helping prepare patients for medical examinations and minor procedures such as PAP smears and Mirena insertions.
• Attended to patients and assisted with the dispensation of medication.

• Summarised the scientific findings of the company’s research and reproduced their findings in theform of electronic direct mailers, shown at the company’s conference.
• Responsible for creating marketing tools for products developed by the company

Master Of Science - Msc, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health

Physiological Sciences, First Class Honours

Final Year Research Project: Identifying the Neural Correlates of Visual Cueing as a Pilot Study to Understand its Application to Improve.

Education record

A levels: Biology, Psychology, Maths, Geography, EPQ