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For this project, we acquired a grant from the BBSRC in order to continue the work of my PhD and investigate motion areas in the human brain using fMRI and TMS. This work is part of a collaboration between: the University of Bradford (UK; Declan McKeefry), the University of York (UK; Tony Morland, Alex Wade), and the National Institutes of Health (USA; Ed Silson).

Supervised by Prof Declan McKeefry and Prof Tony Morland (Uni of York).Title: The Functional Dissection of Motion Processing Pathways within Human Visual Cortex Using fMRI-Guided TMS.I presented my research at both national and international conferences, and I was lucky enough to win some prizes for these presentations (see awards).During this time I was also a teaching assistant for modules 'Ocular Anatomy and Physiology'​, 'Physiology of Vision and Perception'​ and 'Human… Show more Supervised by Prof Declan McKeefry and Prof Tony Morland (Uni of York).Title: The Functional Dissection of Motion Processing Pathways within Human Visual Cortex Using fMRI-Guided TMS.I presented my research at both national and international conferences, and I was lucky enough to win some prizes for these presentations (see awards).During this time I was also a teaching assistant for modules 'Ocular Anatomy and Physiology'​, 'Physiology of Vision and Perception'​ and 'Human Body in Health and Disease'​ in the Department of Optometry. In this role I took part in many seminars and practicals, and I also had the opportunity to prepare and deliver two lectures to first year Optometry students.In 2014 I acquired a temporary paid position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bradford in which I ran five lectures in 'Cognitive Psychology 2'​ for Second Year students.http://www.brad.ac.uk/life-sciences/optometry-and-vision-science/research-students/samantha-strong.php Invitations:- CET article for Optometry Today magazine: June 2015 "Visual processing pathway: from retina to cortex"​. http://www.optometry.co.uk/uploads/articles/cet-2015/cet_1visual_processing_pathway.pdf- CET lecture at 100% Optical 2016: "More than Meets the Eye: A Brief Overview of the Visual Brain".Post-Graduate Student Representative for the School of Optometry and Vision Science (2012-2015.Faculty Representative for the Faculty of Life Sciences (2013-2015).Cartoonist for "The Bradford Student" (University of Bradford Newspaper in 2014). Show less

I prepared and presented half of the lectures for a compulsory second stage module (Cognitive Psychology II) to second and third year undergraduate and masters students.

Funded by Reckitt Benckiser with Dr. Nick Barraclough.Key roles: Testing effects of different smells on perception of emotional whole-body actions.I was responsible for filming the actors performing 'whole-body actions', editing the video footage and cutting it down to appropriate durations, developing and designing the experiment, running the participants through the pilot and final experiments, analysing the psychophysical… Show more Funded by Reckitt Benckiser with Dr. Nick Barraclough.Key roles: Testing effects of different smells on perception of emotional whole-body actions.I was responsible for filming the actors performing 'whole-body actions', editing the video footage and cutting it down to appropriate durations, developing and designing the experiment, running the participants through the pilot and final experiments, analysing the psychophysical data.http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-013-0439-6 Show less

Worked as a member of the bar staff team at The Ferrands Arms for two years part-time during my Undergraduate degree. I developed good customer service skills (the 10 steps), and worked well within a team of 9-12.Worked under pressure during music festival, Christmas and New Year’s weekends.Helped to supervise new staff.Learnt to resolve difficulties and conflict calmly and appropriately.Provided cover at other Timothy Taylor pubs when needed: The Royal Oak (Keighley)… Show more Worked as a member of the bar staff team at The Ferrands Arms for two years part-time during my Undergraduate degree. I developed good customer service skills (the 10 steps), and worked well within a team of 9-12.Worked under pressure during music festival, Christmas and New Year’s weekends.Helped to supervise new staff.Learnt to resolve difficulties and conflict calmly and appropriately.Provided cover at other Timothy Taylor pubs when needed: The Royal Oak (Keighley), The Grouse Inn (Oakfield).Our pub also won company prizes for our team-work. Show less