Welcome to the new Wellcome Trust PhD students

October 2024: At the start of this month 13 new students began their studies on two Wellcome Trust PhD programmes addressing One Health Models Disease, and Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health.

One Health Models of Disease

We are delighted to have six new members of the One Health Models Diseases PhD programme. 

They are the fifth cohort of students, and are currently all based at the Roslin Institute at Easter Bush.  The programme has started with an introductory course in Animal Models and Genome Modification, before moving to the first of two mini-projects in November.  

The students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, bringing a rich range experiences to share with the other members of the programme.

Teagwen Cameron (UK) - Microbiology

Mona Guo (China) - Parmaceutical Sciences and Stem Cells

Ximena Fernandez Hual (Peru) - Bioengineering

Llona Kavege (Togo) - Biology and Bioethics

Silken Tschofen (Canada) - Microbiology

Nick Willoughby (US) - Endocrinology, Biomedical Informatics


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Sudents top to bottom: Nick Willoughby, Llona Kavege, Ximena Fernandez Hual, Teagwen Cameron, Mona Guo and Silken Tschofen.

Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health

Seven new students have joined the Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD programme, based in the Ashworth labs in the School of Biological Sciences.  This is now our ninth cohort of students on the programme, which has been running since 2016.

The students have started courses in scientific methodology, and mini-projects that span the programme's themes of Molecular Biology and Immunology, and Ecology, Evolution and Epidemiology.  Similar to the One Health Models of Disease cohort, the students all come with wide and differing experiences, and are from from the UK, US, Kenya, Malawi, Italy and Australia.

Samantha Browne (Australia)  - Microbiology and Fine Art

Caroline Faircloth (US) - Ecology and evolutionary Biology

Iris Floria (Italy) - Microbiology and Epidemiology

Ben Holdsworth (UK) - Biology

Trisha Kerai (Kenya) - Medical Sciences and Clinical Research

Watipenge Nyasulu (Malawi) - Immunology and Inflammatory Disease

Ellie Walker (UK) - Biochemistry and Infection Biology

 


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Students left to right: Watipenge Nyasulu, Ellie Walker, Samantha Browne, Caroline Faircloth, Iris Floria, Trisha Kerai and Ben Holdsworth.

Both the new cohorts are the last for each of the programmes, and will aim to complete their PhDs by the end of 2028.

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