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Maryam was recently named one of 2019鈥檚听听and praised for 鈥榗hanging the competitive culture of health data research in academia to work in unison鈥�. Her work supports nine interdependent programmes in personalised medicine, better clinical trials and applied analytics that improve public health. To achieve this, she collaborates with stakeholders across London universities, NHS and industry.听

Prior to this, Maryam worked within 果冻影院 Translational Research Office (TRO) creating and managing translational research partnerships with Biotech and Pharma. She also has extensive experience in research & development, business development and strategy through time spent working on digital health innovations at Philips.

To celebrate her recent announcement as one of the 鈥�50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness鈥� of 2019, we sit down with her to explore her role at HDR UK more, highlights of her career and the challenges and lessons learnt on the way.听

Could you tell me a bit more about听your role at HDR UK London?

As Chief Operation Officer for HDR UK London, I am leading on the operational delivery and coordination of London Site which is formed from partnership of five London Universities: King College London, Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London, London School of Hygienic and Tropical Medicine and 果冻影院 as the coordinating University.奥别听are one of the 6 national Sites听飞颈迟丑颈苍听听structure including London, Cambridge, Oxford, Midlands, Scotland and Wales/Northern Ireland.

HDR UK is established in 2018 to bring together world-class expertise into one national institute for making improvements in people鈥檚 health, by听harnessing data science at scale across the UK. This is particularly important when scale of data is key and when we can achieve more together through听team-science听and partnerships across London and nationally.听

Led by science and patient unmet needs, the science is supported through building communities of researcher and professional support for data management across our听听that ranges from understanding the causes of diseases, better faster clinical trials, improving public health and better care with cross-cutting themes in human phenome and applied analytics.听

Developing an enabling听听is the key priority to provide access to data for researchers in academia and industry. This is being developed through听听and听.听听London is greatly positioned to best leverage on these opportunities for research and innovation as we are involved in 4 of听.听听听Engaging with public and patient is critically important when people鈥檚 data is used for research and innovation.听听It is crucial to strike a balance between advancing technology while keeping the confidence that the data is used ethically and to add value to patient and society. We work on variety of听听(and linking those to our regional NHS initiatives in London such as听听and听听with 果冻影院H BRC.

Next generation of leaders in health data science is key to enhance the competitive position of UK internationally through HDR UK听听program. London is well placed for building these capabilities specially in applied analytics for health care through CDTs such as听AI enabled Health care systems in 果冻影院,听听听and听. Check out the听听which is recruiting PhDs.听

Last not least, I am very passionate about inspiring听young people to enter STEM research and motivate them at the early time to use their creativity to help change the world for better. We have set up a partnership with听听to provide this opportunity and enable social mobility. In memory of Jacky Pallas our late colleague and friend to many in 果冻影院, we have set up Pallas bursary for summer 2020.听

There has been major progress nationally within the HDR UK to bring us all together. The partnership is only听one year old so we are still in the 鈥渟tart-up鈥� phase of learning to walk. Through setting up the basic operational delivery we are looking forward to working听collaboratively across London and nationally to deliver on an ambitious plan.听

What is the highlight of your career so far?

Looking back at my career, I think the key turning point was a while back before joining 果冻影院.听About 12 years ago, I received an internal award in Philips to work on new concepts for innovation in home healthcare. I further developed a large R&D portfolio for a range of patient-centric product and healthcare service delivery in chronic respiratory care. Innovation is a long game! Now, when I see some of those solutions in global market touching people鈥檚 life brings me joy and pride. Especially when I see my grandmother benefiting from one, it is the icing on the cake.

I am looking forward to coming years and seeing the impact of some of the brilliant academic-led strategic partnerships with Industry that with my team we supported at听Translational Research Office听into lifesaving healthcare products.听听

What has been the biggest challenge of your career so far?听

When driven by curiosity and pursuing many interests, it can be hard to 鈥渇ind your niche鈥� in fiercely competitive career ladder that rewards track record in a single discipline. I entered university to do theoretical physics, ended up with a multi-disciplinary PhD in biophysics and then went on to do different functions at Industry and back again to academia. In many occasions I had to keep explaining and force fitting my interests and choices into a box that can fit the organizational structures or the funding application.

This meant getting used to hearing 鈥淣o! that does not fit鈥� and learning how to find alternative ways to get to 鈥淵es! but under a different condition鈥�.听听

Finally, are there any valuable lessons you've learnt?听

I鈥檝e been told to be impatient and have high expectation on productivity. Recently I saw a note from听听that summarises听well: 鈥渋f you feel unproductive it is the sign that you have not yet found what makes the project interesting to you or meaningful to others鈥�. To deliver on a proposition we need to shape the solution to what is meaningful for all stakeholders involved and balance the incentives and motivations for all involved. It can feel daunting when things go slowly and I have to be reminded over and over again to be patient. I'll try!

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