Medical & research
I come from a family of educators, so I was exposed very early to the joy of giving and receiving knowledge. Regardless of the activity, I have strived to make learning fun, engaging, inclusive, and comprehensive, both for myself and for others.
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2023 - Present, Warwick University, iHeed Programme
I teach research methods, medical statistics, academic writing, to medical professionals transitioning to research.
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2017 - Present
Warwick University, University of Groningen
I have supervised 6 junior researchers during my PhD and 20+ master students after my PhD.
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2018-2022, Groningen Organisation for PhD Education and Recreation (GOPHER) & Graduate School of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (GSMS) PhD Council
As chief of education in GOPHER, I designed and implemented all the educational activities which would complement the available PhD curricula for all 4000+ PhDs enrolled in the University of Groningen.
Highlights include organising a weekend retreat with the Career Perspectives Group, organising a series of workshops on thesis design and publishing, and organising a course on critical thinking skills.
As chair of the GSMS PhD Council I oversaw al educational activities, for instance setting up a statistics club for PhDs.
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2013-2020, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi
As chief medical intern, I collated and presented recent guidelines and advances in medicine as a series of courses for my peers.
I collaborated with several departments (internal medicine, lung, senior health) to supervise clinical rotations and design examinations for medical students in English, Romanian and French.
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2008 -2012, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi
As an undergraduate myself, I taught Physiology practicals to English speaking groups of up to 26 students and delivered courses to classes of 100+ students.
Scientific communication
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2017-2023, Pronkjewail Project
Highlights: scientific communication videos where family members and friends would describe a PhD’s research; organised consortium participation at the Marie Curie Researcher Night & Science is Wonderful! event
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2019 - 2020, University of Groningen
Co-founded, designed website, wrote content.
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2014 - 2025, Sound of Science
Wrote the medical column for an online Romanian publication focused on science.
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2008-2012, University of Medicine Iasi, Romania
This club brought together students from all faculties who met periodically to watch a movie and participate in a debate on a bioethics theme. 100-400 participants. I co-founded, disseminated club activities, chose movies (eg. Gattaca), and moderated debates.