• Question: who was your main inspiration in life?

    Asked by anon-248045 to Martha, Jennifer, Dan, Ben, Baptiste on 10 Mar 2020.
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      Martha Jesson answered on 10 Mar 2020: last edited 10 Mar 2020 6:59 pm


      This might sound a bit boring but she is one of my inspirations and the reason I pursued a career in research and mental health.
      My master’s supervisor was a clinical psychologist and I also did my voluntary placement with her. She was the founder of the only clinic in the UK that treated a particular mental health condition called Depersonalisation Disorder. Not many people know about it so people haven’t been able to get the right treatment for it. UNTIL…my supervisor came along! YAY 😀

    • Photo: Baptiste Ravina

      Baptiste Ravina answered on 11 Mar 2020:


      I actually honestly don’t think I have one. I’ve never met (or haven’t met yet?) someone who had all the best qualities, whatever they are; but I’ve met a lot of people who I look up to for their specific character traits. And I think it’s best that way: don’t have one hero or inspiration, be inspired by all the good people you meet in your life.

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      Jennifer Carroll answered on 11 Mar 2020:


      Lots of different people inspire me in different ways because they all bring something to the table.

      My parents for encouraging me and supporting me. It definitely helps when you are struggling with a subject and they can help explain it to you! But even when they can’t explain it, just helping me take a step back and think about it logically.

      My manager at work and her boss – they are both successful women working in an industry where women are a minority. It’s inspiring to see other women in the roles that I would like to hold myself one day. Makes it seem like that little bit more achievable.

    • Photo: Ben Rowsell

      Ben Rowsell answered on 12 Mar 2020:


      I don’t really have an inspiration in life, especially not in science. But I would say that my parents have been the best role models to me and have helped me whenever I have needed it. So thanks to them.

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