Ashley Chow Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

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