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Nuru Noor

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  • Education:

    Westcliff High School for Boys – Westcliff, Essex
    Postgraduate Degree (current) – University College London

  • Qualifications:

    GCSEs – French, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Business Studies, History, English Language, English Literature

    A-levels – French, Maths, Economics, Biology, Chemistry

    University Degree – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

  • Work History:

    PhD Student, University College London

    Medical Doctor, Cambridge University Hospitals

  • Current Job:

    PhD Student, University College London
    Medical Doctor, Cambridge University Hospitals

  • About Me:

    I am a hospital doctor studying in London for a PhD (to become a double doctor) 🩺

    I work on “personalised medicine” clinical trials and am trying to understand how we can help improve care and quality life for each individual person from clinical trials 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

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    I live and study in London but also travel a lot to and from Cambridge – so spend a lot of time listening to Spotify on the train 🎵 

    I work and learn about clinical trials every day. Clinical trials are great for improving health care for people who get medical conditions, but usually treat everybody in the same way. I want to show that this “one-size-fits-all” approach can probably be improved  🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

    I like to play football ⚽️ and 🎾 in my free time and chillout with friends to relax away from work. I’m a bit of a movie-geek and love going to the cinema 🎥🎞️

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    I study in London, with a super team 🦸‍♀️🦹 learning about clinical trials and how to make them quicker and better – so that people can benefit from treatments earlier and have better health and quality of life 🙂🙋

    I also work part of my time in Cambridge, with another super team 🦸‍♀️🦹 on a clinical trial (the PROFILE trial) for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. This is a condition which typically affects teenagers and young adults and can cause lots of bowel symptoms, which can be embarrassing and significantly affect their quality of life. 

    I work as the doctor for this trial to help “personalise” treatment – and we hope to show that by treating every person as an individual leads to better healthcare rather than treating everybody in exactly the same way 🙂🙋

  • My Typical Day:

    Every day is a bit different which is why I love doing research 🙂🙋

    I might get up about 7 o’clock and then cycle to work 🚴‍♀️ Then at work I might typically collect lots of information about newer, cooler and clinical trials and start making cool tables and graphs to present this work 📊📈 Followed by interviews with patients or doctors taking part in clinical trials 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

    Then catch up with my friends and colleagues from work over lunch and then in the afternoon have teleconference meeting with people in America also working with me on this project. At the end of the day, I meet up with my supervisors to discuss about what I’ve found and they ask really cool questions about what to do next ❓

    Then usually chill out in the evening and have a break from work before going again for the next day!

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    Every day is a bit different which is why I love doing research 🙂🙋

    I might get up about 7 o’clock and then cycle to work 🚴‍♀️ Then at work I might typically collect lots of information about newer, cooler and clinical trials and start making cool tables and graphs to present this work 📊📈 Followed by interviews with patients or doctors taking part in clinical trials – or some days seeing patients for hospital visits and procedures 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

    Then catch up with my friends and colleagues from work over lunch and then in the afternoon have teleconference meeting with people in America also working with me on team projects. At the end of the day, I might meet up with my supervisors to discuss about what I’ve found and they ask really cool questions about what to do next ❓

    Then usually chill out in the evening and have a break from work before going again for the next day! 🔁

  • What I'd do with the prize money:

    I would use the prize money to give to patients taking part in clinical trials, I would do short interviews and want to find out more about their experiences of taking part in a clinical trial – so that other people could find out more about what this involves 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Doctor, Student & Easy-going

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      A doctor

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      Quite a lot when I was younger when I used to think being in trouble would be cool, but then I wanted to become a doctor and realised that actually doing well in school was probably the coolest thing I could do

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Usher

      What's your favourite food?

      Chicken and chips

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      Have my family be happy, travel to all 7 continents in the world, upgrade my bicycle to a nice car one day :-)

      Tell us a joke.

      How can you tell the difference between a crocodile or alligator?...One will see you later and one will see you in a while 😂😂

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