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Ayesha Amjad
Name:
Ayesha Amjad
Job Title:
Research Assistant
Place of work / study:
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire
Area of Research:
How is your research funded:
N/A
Tell us a little about yourself:
I graduated with my undergraduate degree as a pharmacist in 2018 and started working as a clinical pharmacist at a combined military hospital in Pakistan. However, I have always wanted ti be a researcher, so I moved to the UK in 2022 and completed my MSc in pharmacology and drug discovery in 2024 from Coventry University. During my master’s, I worked as a research assistant for University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in the Neuro-inflammatory department, when I acquired advanced statistical analysis skills.
During my placement year, I worked at the computational biology department at Coventry University. Together, these experiences inspired me to pursue a career in computational neuroscience. Now, I am working to develop neural network models for the diagnosis of Neuro degenerative diseases with CNNs and transfer learning.
Tell us a fun fact about yourself:
Listening to poetry is one of my hobbies and I also write poetry. I wrote my first poem in 4th grade.
Why did you choose to work in dementia research?
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What single piece of advice would you give to an early career researcher?
Find what interests you and work hard on it so that you can use your passion yo improve patients’ lives.
What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it?
Nothing at the Moment
Favourite ways to unplug and unwind?
Listening to Poetry.
Favourite film of all time?
Too many to choose from
Can we find you on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn?
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