• Question: what made you all chose to pursue the career you do today??

    Asked by CashMeOusside to Christopher, Dan, Jen, Mohan, Sarah on 8 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by HETTYJane, 248medh27, Chloe_b, Katie365.
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      Daniel Fovargue answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      To be honest, there was never a point for me that I decided to become a scientist. I simply kept wanting to know more and more about how the world works. I wanted to be as close as possible to the “edge” of science.

      The subject that really interests me is computational maths. And so at every stage I decided to continue learning more about this subject. There are different ways to pursue science, but for me this meant doing university, then masters, then PhD. At this point I still wanted to know more, so I decided to take a job where I research new ways to use computational maths to do medical physics.

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      Jen Dennis answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      Great question and a really hard one to answer! I’ve always enjoyed science – I was really into space and astronomy as a kid – and maths was my favourite subject at school. But I didn’t really want to just to maths at university so I decided to do physics which uses lots of maths but applies it to real world problems.

      At first I thought I’d like to do research but as I carried on at university I realised I wanted to do something that affects people more directly in the “real world”! After looking at possible options, I thought that medical physics would allow me to do that. I get to do physics every day whilst also helping people who are unwell or need an answer to a medical problem. It’s definitely been a good choice for me.

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      Sarah De Vos answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      I knew I wanted to do something ‘physicsy’ so I looked at all the options and medical physics really appealed to me for lots of different reasons. The obvious one is getting to use physics to help people get better, but I also liked the fact that medical physicists on average seem to have quite a good work-life balance, the pay isn’t bad, and the job prospects are pretty good.

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      Mohan K answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      I enjoyed and was good at physics. At the end of my degree i was looking for a career that uses the skills and knowledge that I had acquired, not be in academia, something practical, that helps people…

      Medical physics fit the bill!

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      Christopher Mirfin answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      I wanted to do something where I kept learning new things and have the ability to design solutions for problems

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