Black Medical Scientific Network

Laura Eghobamien is a Nigerian born British citizen with over 20 years experience  as a scientist working mainly in early stage drug discovery with increased leadership roles. She has worked for number of notable biotech and pharmaceutical companies including Medimmune/AstraZeneca, Crescendo Biologics, Mestag Therapeutics and Amphista Therapeutics. She is a pioneer and strong advocate for Diversity and Inclusion and created the network due to the lack of representation of black scientist both as individual contributor and in the workplace. She wants to ensure that scientist from minoritized backgrounds have a platform to be seen and heard. She has worked in several schools as a ‘STEM’ role model and understand the importance of visibility for young aspiring scientist and regularly encourages pupils to take up careers in science and tries to breakdown the stigma of the typical scientist being ‘male white and super intelligent’ – You can hear more about these efforts on the video links featured in the special featured section. She is a Non-Executive Advisory Board member of CATS global school and a Scientific Advisory Board member of Technology Networks. She is also keen in promoting good physical and mental well being as these have been good coping mechanism especially when working in sometimes isolated environments. She has ran 5 (4 halves and 1 full) marathons to date and counting and holds a BSc hons in Physiology and Pharmacology and MSc in Applied Immunology both from the University of the West of England, Bristol.