Spotlight on Early Career Researchers
The ECR Network is bringing you a series of pieces featuring early career researchers within the Division of Medicine, sharing their interests, experience, challenges and successes.
If you would like to nominate an early career researcher to be included in this series, please get touch by email.

Mariana and Leo from UCL Division of Infection and Immunity
Dr Mariana Diniz and Dr Leo Swadling share their achievements in the fields of immunology and infection and advice for early career researchers.

George from the Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology and the Centre for Cardiometabolic and Vascular Science
George shares his recent successes, being awarded a Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellowship, as well as plans for the future and advice for other early career researchers (ECRs).

Pilar from the UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health
Dr María del Pilar Acedo Nuñez tells us about how she became Junior Principal Investigator and co-head of the Pereira/Acedo Lab, where she focuses on early detection of pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma.

Kaylee and Masahiro from UCL Respiratory
Doctor Masahiro Yoshida and Miss Kaylee Worlock discuss their recently published frontline research on immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults.