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Antimicrobial Resistance MSc
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Furaha Asani
PhD:
2013-2018
Department:
Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisor(s):
Thushan de Silva
(IICD)
Project:
Detection of subtle immune defects in individuals at risk of pneumococcal disease.
Additional achievements
Awarded second prize for presenting my research in the ‘Gone in 60 seconds’ competition during the MDH PGR forum 2016.
Awarded Associate Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Feb 2017.
Non-scientific publications
‘The PhD student and the stress management unicorn’, ThinkAhead blog, University of Sheffield
‘How to improve your CV while on your PhD’, PhD life blog, University of Warwick
Voted top article on CVs/Resumes and featured amongst other top articles on ‘Best Industry transition articles of the week for PhDs’ by the Cheeky Scientist website
‘Exactly how valuable is a PhD?’ Times Higher Education
‘Your mental wellbeing matters: a personal account’ Doctoral times of Sheffield
Public engagement and outreach
Tutored students as part of the
Realising Opportunities
national scheme (2015-16)
Worked with school children to produce science videos for
KrebsFest
(Oct 2015)
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