Alumni profile - Harry Walmsley 26 March 2021
(Medicine MBBS, 1978)
I was a senior registrar at Kings College Hospital on a year’s rotation to Brighton when I had a major crash on the A23 colliding with a lamppost. I spent 3 weeks on ICU and 5 months in hospital and had my right leg amputated above the knee, major reconstruction of my left knee and 92 units of blood during my time in hospital. My wife was told that I had a 50:50 chance of surviving.
Alumni profile - Annie Andoh 29 March 2021
(History BA, 2012)
The beauty of working in social media is that the industry is always changing, and the way people consume content continues to evolve. My interests very much lie with seeing these changes and being creative with how we connect with people.
Alumni profile - Tola Alade 31 March 2021
(Mathematics BSc, 2012)
As a Data Scientist who is passionate about what she does on a day to day basis, I am able to share my passion with others with the hope of inspiring younger generations by sharing insights into how Mathematics can be used to build very cool applications to solve problems across a wide range of industries.
Alumni profile - Dr Nilesh R. Parmar 30 April 2020
(Dentistry BDS, 2004)
Dr Nilesh R. Parmar is one of a few dentists in the UK to have a degree from all three London Dental Schools: "about 80% of my work is implant dentistry. One thing I love about implants is if you lose your front tooth, I can replace it in such a way that nobody would ever know it isn’t real, even if they get really close to you."
Alumni profile - Elena Baldwin 9 December 2019
(Economics, Finance and Management BSc, 2006)
There's a patient at the end of my supply chain and it’s about them and the people that I work with to make it happen which makes my job so worthwhile. Knowing that I have made and can make a difference to someone else’s life is a great achievement.
Alumni Profile - Zlatina Jekova, aka La Elegantia 18 December 2019
(International Relations BA, 2014; International Business and Politics MSc, 2017)
Through my blog, I want to show my audience all the incredible places around the world that I travel to, but because I am just as interested in fashion, I always take a lot of different outfits with me to expand my audience’s perspective on fashion too.
Alumni profile - Jorge Figueiredo Da Cruz 7 January 2020
(Economics and Politics BSc, 2017)
In the context of moving abroad to work in Thailand, I believe Queen Mary prepared me to work in an unfamiliar environment with different people from different backgrounds. Due to its highly multicultural nature, Queen Mary taught me to embrace differences and to use them productively and efficiently at work. For example, I have led regional projects in Asia with teams from different countries and consolidated each team’s perspective on a particular issue.
Alumni profile - Dr. Dena Al Thani 10 January 2020
(Software Engineering MSc, 2009)
Designing technology to change people's lives is fascinating. The pleasure of doing applied research is that you can see the impact of your work quite fast. I am currently leading a number of research projects in the field of assistive technology and accessibility. These projects serve two groups of users: the blind, and children with an autism spectrum disorder.
Alumni profile - Winsome Yuen 27 January 2020
(Computer Science BSc, 2019)
Former intern for, and now full-time Software Engineer at, Spotify - "By the time graduation was round the corner I had already contributed in improving the premium pages user interface to increase conversion rate and I was working on the worldwide free 3-month trial campaign across all of Spotify Premium plans."
Alumni profile - Dr Simon Fleming 13 January 2020
(Medicine MBBS, 2006; Surgical Skills and Sciences MSc, 2011; Medical Education PhD, 2022)
I was a medical student during the 7/7 bombings and I was at the Royal London when the major incident was declared and all of the patients started coming in. That day confirmed that I wanted to be an orthopaedic surgeon; I saw the way the ‘pods that day were cool, calm and collected whilst fixing people and making decisions... I also lead the internationally renowned anti-bullying, undermining and harassment campaign known as #HammerItOut.