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Pathway to a career in Maths

by Rakhee Parmar

Dr Gwen Knight at Highgate School

Dr Gwen Knight at Highgate School with Year 10 pupils

Dr Gwen Knight visited Highgate School to inspire the next generation

Dr Gwen Knight, Career Development Fellow at the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance recently visited Highgate School to give a talk to Year 10 pupils about "How numbers can stop Ebola".

Dr Knight spoke about her work on infectious disease modelling and career opportunities from a degree in maths, saying that “a degree in Maths gives you endless career opportunities in this exciting time of big data and the global challenges of antimicrobial resistance”.

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Reporter

Rakhee Parmar

Department of Infectious Disease