Alumni Spotlight: Loes, Population Health Sciences BSc

What is your fondest memory of your time at UCL?

The teaching overall was fantastic providing a broad but detailed overview of public health, health systems and how to improve the health of populations through research and targeted strategies.

Please tell us a bit about the work you are doing now.

I work in tuberculosis prevention, undertaking epidemiological analysis to ensure the management, quality assurance and ongoing development of databases working closely together with national stakeholders and regional coordinators. 

How did your UCL degree help you get to where you are now?

The Population Health Sciences degree provided me with a broad overview of various aspects of public health. It really helped hone my report writing skills, how to understand data and how to use it to make inferences to inform policy makers. UCL’s focus on tackling health inequalities allowed me to view the world through a different lens, aligning with my own values and that of the organisation I work for.

What have been your career highlights?

Improving reporting on the national prevention programme, working together with dedicated stakeholders and teaching on a Master's degree at King's College University.

What would be your advice for current students?

Get involved where you can. There are lots of opportunities at UCL to join in research. In my case, designing and running a workshop on social media use for teens with fellow students with support from ICLS and the National Literacy Trust (NLT). NLT were able to use the resources created for the event as an accessible resource for schools, parents and children on their website.

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