• Question: What goals do you have for the future?

    Asked by anon-188264 to Warren, Shanti, Pizza Ka Yee, Paul, Nadine, Alex on 6 Nov 2018.
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      Shanti Shanker answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Hi 242memp33,
      I have a few goals from a career perspective.
      1) Firstly, I need to publish a few papers
      2) Get some more money (through grants and awards) to do more research and public engagement
      3) Do some fantastic work so that in the next 5 to 8 years I can become a Professor 🙂

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      Nadine Mirza answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Well, in the near future I’d like to be able to get my PhD, establish myself further in dementia research, and use whatever I make from my PhD work to really help people.
      In the far future I’d like to be a clinical psychologist that focuses on neuropsychology (very brain focused). I’d like to be still doing a lot of research (sticking to dementia if possible) but also working with patients directly as well! I’d also love to still be doing a lot of writing about my work.
      And in the far far totally grown up future- I’d love to also be in the role of a Professor or be leading very big projects with my own PhD students to guide. Fingers crossed!!!

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      Alex Reid answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      Hi Ana, thanks for the question. Like the others I have a few goals, both long term and short term! Firstly, I would like to publish more of my work. Running a sleep study takes a lot of effort and energy (and coffee!). Having run a few I really want to have my work read by others and contribute to my field, and the way to do that is through publishing my research. I would also like a long term job, my job at the moment is on what is called a ‘fixed-term contract’ which means I am only hired for a specific length of time (in my case 2 years). I would quite like to be employed permanently somewhere! Lastly, my job in the psychology department where I work also requires me to do outreach, which basically means promoting science and psychology to schools and the public. I absolutely love this part of my job and want to do more of it, which is why I am really enjoying being part of I’m a Scientist.

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      Paul Matusz answered on 11 Nov 2018:

      the goal of my research right now is to use what we know about the mind and the brain and the tools of neuroimaging to better understand and improve people’s functioning in real environments. That is, thge aim of the research of mine and my group is to better understand the brain and cognitive mechanisms allowing us to see and interact in real-world environments, such as the classroom, high-street or at home. Filling out these lacks in knowledge is probably the most important for supporting how children learn every day as well as in rehabilitation of different disorders – from kids not seeing very well (like when they have a “lazy eye” to kids having problem with learning or older adults who have problems with their memory. To help these people, I am at the same time interested in how we can use technology – tablets, virtual reality, even robots – to make learning – and rehabilitation (often very boring and very long!) more fun and engaging and more adjustable to when children / patients are ready to do all this “learning”.
      So to me these are very exciting times, because we are finally crossing into studying “problems” (like “learning”) from all possible points of view at the same time – what we know about the mind (psychology), about the brain (neuroscience and brain imaging), the potential of technology (engineering and educational psychology) and important of health (medicine).

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