Catchup – Salon – Building your Profile

A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate. In this session we talk about Raising and Building your Profile and how it can help your career.

In today’s competitive academic landscape, a strong professional profile isn’t just a bonus—it’s essential. We’ll explore practical strategies to enhance your visibility, showcase your skills, and expand your network. Discover how building your profile can open doors, attract opportunities, and accelerate your career growth.

Speakers

Adam Smith is the Programme Director for ‘Dementia Researcher’ a worldwide early career dementia researcher support service run by University College London. Adam has a background in healthcare service improvement, having previously worked within the NHS and at the Department of Health and Social Care on topics as varied as reducing waiting times, patient choice and healthcare associated infections. For the past 13 years he has exclusively worked on improving the lives of people living with dementia, undertaking research, and leading initiatives such as Join Dementia Research and Enabling Research in Care Homes. Now his time is focussed on trying to attract more people to the research field, and improving collaborations and support to ensure researchers are retained on this important topic.

Dr Wasiu Balogun is a Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pittsburgh. Originally from from Nigeria, he completed his PhD in Malaysia, and is currently working in the Karikari fluid biomarker lab, developing and testing potential biomarkers in human fluids. His motto is work hard and play more.

Programme

The format of the event is a 30 minute livestream where the speakers will each present their thoughts on this topic for 10 minutes each, the host will then ask questions and the livestream will end. The speakers will then join the online chat and interact with the audience, answering questions and giving those who attended a chance to share their thoughts on the topic.