"At the moment my full time job is in Research, so a lot of the time I have my Investigator hat on, but with that I need to be able to communicate my research findings and methods with lots of different people around me, such as committees, funders, patients, members of the public and other researchers. Outside of work I do a lot of public engagement, science communication activities and invest a lot of time campaigning for better science practices and improved environments for people that have not been welcomed into the science community historically - so lots of campaigning!"

"I would call myself a Clinical Trials Methodologist, which means that it's my job to find out how we can do clinical trials better. The idea is that if we make clinical trial methods more evidence-based, then the results will be more reliable and we will make significant efficiencies in the trial process, saving time and money so that we can quickly move on to other trials to find even more treatments for patients that need help. Travel is one of my favourite things to do and my work lets me travel frequently. My favourite bit though, is probably being able to work with so many different people. Often teams are quite small, but each project will have a slightly different team which means I get to learn from lots of people every day. "

"I was a Research Assistant for 6 months first, then worked my way up to Research Fellow after graduating from my PhD. Progression will now (hopefully) continue to build so that I'm ultimately an independent researcher bringing in my own grant funding and potentially having my own PhD/MSc students and researchers working with me. Ben Goldacre was the first scientist that I was aware of that talked about bad science and improving the way that we do things, but more recently, the people in the team around me (including supervisors and managers) inspire me daily. "

"I love travelling! I'm actually in Singapore as I type this and I'm heading to Hong Kong tomorrow. I love exploring the world and exploring places close to home at weekends and after work. I like going to the gym and my new found fitness thing is hot yoga which is really fun. I'm also quite creative and spend time outside my work blogging, designing products for my own science-themed online shop, drawing and reading."

"I don't work in a lab like lots of scientists; I work in a big open plan office with lots of people that are experts in different fields. My days are varied and can involve meetings, planning events, interviewing people (that's the main way I collect data - through interviews), lots of writing and some strategy and planning for new projects that I'd like to get involved in."

"Secondary education (GCSE/O-Levels) Post secondary education (College, A-levels, NVQ3 or equivalent) A level Maths (B) Biology (B) Chemistry (B Undergraduate degree (BSc, BA, etc.) MSci (undergraduate masters) in Pharmacology with Industrial Placement (1st class) Doctorate (PhD) PhD Applied Health Sciences Short courses usually taken through work include things like Good Clinical Practice (GCP), but I've also done short courses in Science Communication and Public Engagement too. "