Goals

What if people lived healthy lives, practiced preventive medicine, and took precautions against illnesses? What if every person was guaranteed care and that care was good? What if an aspirin a day could prevent heart attacks? I would like to find answers for these questions during my career as a public health graduate student and professional.
During my Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery, I often used to think for ways to prevent diseases and help people suffering from physical as well as mental health issues on a community level. Although I liked working in dental healthcare departments, I needed a career that emphasized on prevention and primary care rather than tertiary care and a career that would constantly challenge and motivate me to improve. Knowing that, I decided to study the areas of public health and particularly health management.
I moved to UK to pursue my Master’s in Public Health (MPH) after graduating from dental school in 2018. I enrolled myself at the School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield. For the first time, when I came face to face with public health arena and the challenges faced by public health professionals that they try to solve in innovative ways. There was a great scope of exposure and thoroughly understanding the issues faced in healthcare. By pursuing MPH, I laid the foundations for a future career in research and engaging in public health issues.
Because hands on experience is such a valuable learning tool, I searched for an internship program that would allow me to view public health at a different level. Hence, I began working as a Public Health Intern at Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society. The program provides me with a greater understanding of how technologies can be utilised in public health. Most importantly, I work on COVID-19 issue which involves gathering the infection rate, advisories and policies data of several countries and getting a deeper insight of this data to formulate policies. In addition, I am involved in public health research writing, making presentations, and attending seminars which help me to become more skilled and gain knowledge about the subject.
My aim is to quickly ramp up and start making a tangible difference as quickly as possible as I strive to become more skilled and efficient in research. At the end of internship, I would want to be someone who has made a real difference. The learned skills and knowledge would help me to achieve my goal of working in Research Associate or Research Assistant roles. These roles would make me more skilled and confident in conducting research individually. Once I would have mastered my role, I would consider doing a PhD in Public Health Informatics at an international university. I would also want to mentor public health students and work in academic field later.