Category: Student Profile

Meet the 2024/25 NHLI BSc Prize Winners and Nominees

“This BSc has reshaped how I see myself as a future clinician and researcher. These experiences taught me to navigate ambiguity and think critically – skills that are vital in delivering patient-centred care.”

Students on the iBSc Translational Respiratory Medicine course run by the NHLI

Each year, our Intercalated BSc (iBSc) students at the National Heart & Lung Institute (NHLI) are recognised for their outstanding achievements across our three courses: Remote Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences, and  Translational Respiratory Medicine.

Here are our 2024/25 award winners and nominees in their own words, reflecting on their journeys, challenges, and the impact of their intercalated year at NHLI.

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Growing Through Research: How Personal Story Fuels Research Passion

“NHLI and Imperial in general, feels like a place where, if you’ve got a question, someone will help you find the answer, and often from a perspective you hadn’t considered.”

Yiling Guo is currently pursuing PhD study at the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI). Let’s hear about how her personal experiences inspired and shaped her passion for research.

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Postgraduate Before and After: Navigating Scientific Adventures Through Resilience

“I believe if I get to a good university, there will be good people. They will keep pushing me out of my comfort zone. And that’s why I’m here.”

Abhiram Chakka’s enthusiasm in stem cells research has brought him from India to Imperial College London. Let’s hear how his journey with MSc Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells – Novel Therapies at the National Heart and Lung Institute has fuelled his passion in stem cells research and inspired him to pursue postgraduate research.

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Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovators in Bioscience

MSc Bioscience Futures is the latest addition to NHLI’s postgraduate programme suite which combines biosciences with entrepreneurial, communication and commercialisation skills to address global challenges.

Sana Kardar is one of the students from the inaugural cohort 2024-25 and let’s hear about her experience with the course and how it opens up possibilities to build her own start-up.

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Postgraduate Before and After: A Rewarding Journey to Building a Career in Medical Imaging

“My favourite part of the programme was the clinical placement. As Imperial provides us with the clinical placement opportunities, we don’t have to face the stress of finding our own clinical placement.”

Melika Bankipoufard shared how the MSc Medical Ultrasound (Vascular) at the National Heart and Lung Institute has fulfilled her passion in medical imaging and brought her one important step closer to starting her own clinic. (more…)

Postgraduate Before and After: Integrating Clinical Practice with Cutting-Edge Research

“Getting to Imperial is actually a magic key for other opportunities.”

As an experienced clinician, Awad Algarni has found that the MSc Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare at the National Heart and Lung Institute not only advanced his expertise but also expanded his knowledge base in clinical research.

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Postgraduate Before and After: From Montana to Imperial

“You’d be surprised how applicable what you learn here is. These knowledge skills I think will apply to almost any profession.”

John Bozeman shared how the hands-on component of the MSc Genomic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute is a perfect match for his passion in cancer biology. After completing the MSc Genomic Medicine programme, he is now pursuing further research study at Imperial College London.

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