OWSD Sri Lanka: Workshop on Gender mainstreaming in Higher Education

Biomedicine represents the future of healthcare, aiming to intercept diseases before they arise and tailoring solutions to each individual's unique needs. It's not just about treating illnesses; it's about preventing them before they take root.

All this has broadened my knowledge for this domain of science, gave me an open mind and also allowed me to learn many things.

The fellowship has really impacted my career. I was working in a university as an Assistant Lecturer, but with the OWSD fellowship I am undertaking a PhD that will allow me to reach the grade of Senior Lecturer.

I wanted to show women that it was possible that when you do agricultural sciences, you can go on and do more for your career development.

Due to the war in Yemen, I had stopped studying for two years. This opportunity gave me the chance to complete my postgraduate studies.

When I got my OWSD fellowship, it was an amazing feeling. Before getting the letter, my academic career was a dream, the letter made it possible.

I really want to do something for my country. Being part of the Sudan national chapter has given me that chance.

The main problem in radiotherapy is that most cancer cells are resistant to radiation.

If we do research, in addition to establishing connections with other researchers, we must also communicate and do a lot of outreach in order to share our science with the community.

When you are following your passion, people will always see what you are doing. People will see that you are doing something different, and they will help you.

I have to think of something that can help us, that we can use based on resources that we have. The lack of things is the biggest inspiration in my life. I want to help my country.

" I can boldly declare that OWSD rewarded my brilliance thus giving me recognition and confidence in my professional arena and placed me in national and international scientific communities.”

What has surprised me is the way technology is emerging and affecting the current state of research. We are encountering a fourth industrial revolution that entails advances in computing power, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, which has already been shown to alter the way we conduct research.

After my postdoc, I will return to Syria and work to achieve my big dream, which is to establish a research center.

The OWSD award helped me not only to become the researcher I am today, but also to become a leader in research.

I’ve been working on reptile and amphibian biodiversity for 10 years, and I know that there are still new species that need to be described.

My dear girls in science: be strong, inquisitive, curious, assertive, resilient, and focused. Go for gold!