{"id":48,"date":"2023-10-26T15:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/rowan-boyles\/?p=48"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:51:47","slug":"fellowship-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/rowan-boyles\/2023\/10\/26\/fellowship-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted, and I have a few things I want to update on, but firstly I want to share some good news. Part of the reason for the lull in posting was because alongside working on Neuromap, I was writing an application to the NIHR Imperial BRC PhD Fellowship to enable me to continue this work. As there was only one available I was realistic about my chances of success, but with a lot of hard work on the application and support from my team, I was successful and have transitioned from the predoctoral fellowship into PhD studies!<\/p>\n<p>This is a really exciting development for me as it means I can really do justice to the project, and will have a lot more time to learn and grow as a researcher and clinician. I&#8217;m really grateful for the support from my supervisory team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/p.strutton\">Paul Strutton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/caroline.alexander\">Caroline Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspire-foundation.org.uk\/dr-maurizio-belci-dms-msc-mrcs-frcp\/\">Maurizio Belci<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/a.belsi\">Athina Belsi<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperialcharity.org.uk\/\">Imperial Healthy Charity<\/a> who awarded me the predoctoral fellowship which was essential in enabling me to develop my PhD application, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/explore-nihr\/support\/research-support-service\/\">RDS (now the RSS)<\/a> who helped me write it. I&#8217;m also grateful to my colleagues at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.nhs.uk\/\">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust<\/a> who have been so supportive of my journey, and our collaborators at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk\/\">Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk\/visiting-your-hospitals\/visiting\/national-spinal-injuries-centre-2\/\">National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville<\/a>; I&#8217;m really looking forward to continuing to work with them on this project. Finally, thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk\/\">NIHR Imperial BRC<\/a>, who have given me this amazing opportunity; I&#8217;m looking forward to the next 3 years!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperialcharity.org.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" class=\" wp-image-50 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/rowan-boyles\/files\/2023\/10\/imperialhealthcharity-LOGO-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" class=\" wp-image-49 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/rowan-boyles\/files\/2023\/10\/logo-nihr-ImperialBRC-solid-background-300x41.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted, and I have a few things I want to update on, but firstly I want to share some good news. 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