Episode 30: Tafhima Haider - A BAME Scientist & PhDist proving career and family life aren’t substitutes

🎙 This week’s guest is a British Bangladeshi scientist determined to break down barriers in science for women. We discuss her PhD journey as a virologist, the misconceptions with regards to a PhD and explore the extremely hidden competitive nature in world of academia. Crucially we discuss the barriers young women face passionately pursuing a career and have to face the question of balancing life.

Tahfima is a HIV virologist at UCL, her research focuses on the HIV virus which remains a top global health problem. Tafhima is investigating the interaction between HIV and the cell intrinsic innate immune system, to better understand how the virus evades these defence mechanisms and establishes infection. As an early career scientist, she has realised that being a BAME woman in academia is rare and can be challenging. She is interested in empowering women in the context of education and health. Aside from her PhD research, she is also conducting maternal health research with MAA charity and is also starting up projects to increase visibility of women in STEM.

 

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