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Dr Rachel Tolhurst, Senior Lecturer in Social Science and International Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and International Public Health. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). “Having supportive colleagues is crucial, and I have had the privilege of working alongside some very supportive colleagues in my Department, both female and male.” Having grown up in Botswana…>

Dr Britta Urban, Reader in Biomedical Science, Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) “Alongside my research, my other passion is being able to support and mentor colleagues.” I have always been drawn to the idea of carrying out research. I knew I would end up doing something relating to…>

  Professor Soraya Dhillon MBE, Dean, School of Life and Medical Science, University of Hertfordshire. I have always loved Science and especially Chemistry. When at school, I was good at Maths and Science and had a supporting family who steered me towards studying Pharmacy, which I went on to do as my first undergraduate degree….>

  Professor Wendy Wills, Primary and Community Care  (CRIPACC) University of Hertfordshire. I have always been interested in food and, more specifically, why people eat what they eat. As a young girl, I was part of a family wholly immersed in the consumption of cake; Sunday tea with my grandparents was a weekly feature of…>