Ava Khamseh
Ava is a Lecturer in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence, joint between the School of Informatics and Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC). Before taking up her current position, she was a Cross-Disciplinary Fellow (XDF) at IGC, and before that, she obtained her PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics. She hopes to help others from similar backgrounds and share (one version!) of the experience, positive and negative, in making the transition into biomedicine.
Duncan Sproul
Duncan started as a geneticist who was frustrated by the fact he wasn’t allowed to combine physics and biology for his undergraduate degree and hopes that through X-Net he can help others avoid some of the same problems.
Cristina Martin
As the X-Net project manager, Cristina’s main interest is helping scientists to cross the boundaries of disciplines, creating a more efficient new way of working in Biomedicine.
Chris Ponting
Chris’s career journey was haphazard, starting in particle physics and ending up in human genetics. He hopes X-Net clears some of the obstacles, misunderstandings and preconceptions that he experienced crossing disciplines.
PPI workshop: “Creating & Nurturing Diverse Teams for Effective Biomedical Science"
Tuesday 27 June 2023 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Online
The main objective of this PPI workshop was engaging with patients and the public in order to get from them the positives and negatives of working in a collaborative way or working in single disciplines (silos). We enquired about solutions to give to the debated issues.
Preparing the roadmap: prioritising cross-disciplinary training needs with industry
Thursday 19 January 2023 - 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Online
This workshop's main aim was prioritising cross-disciplinary training needs with industry. X-Net seeked to involve around 10 scientists from companies (big and SME) to present their views on what it is required from academia to smooth the transition of staff from universities to interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary projects in industry. X-Net’s goal was including their input to our roadmap and thereby transfer their views to funders and policy makers.
Ralitsa Masden
Ralitsa is a dedicated champion for conducting research with integrity, promoting transparent dissemination of all findings without any unnecessary delays, and fostering a culture of care and respect towards others. She actively contributes to the UK Committee on Research Integrity (UK CORI) and extends her support to various charitable organizations.
Does X-Net offer advice on how to deal with the cross-disciplinarity challenges?
Yes, X-Net offers practical strategies to help navigate those challenges. The workshop “Overcoming barriers to Cross-Disciplinary Research” deals with the potential problems researchers face in their career progression by sharing experiences and knowledge. An open report will be available showing the common barriers associated with cross-disciplinarity in biomedicine and how to respond to them, considering the conclusions reached in the workshop.
Who can attend the workshops?
We encourage to attend the workshops to anyone who is interested in cross-disciplinarity related to biomedical sciences and at any point of the career stage: early, mid or senior.