We were pleased to welcome Jude as our intern for July. He secured the position after a competitive process and we were keen to work with him due to his background in human biology and desire to work with data! Jude managed to cram lots of different activity into his internship and having someone with a different background really helped us to progress our work looking at the metabolic syndrome and data regarding an oral glucose tolerance test. Jude has kindly answered some questions below.
What did you do? What did you work on? What equipment did you use? Please give us a summary of your time working with us.
I read and gave feedback on a research paper before it went out. I translated and annotated some data. Then I worked out a measure of glucose tolerance using that data and did some research explaining the measure and the implications of some of the data. I also did some MATLAB training and created a script visualising some of the data. I also created a document trying to evaluate how a body scanning service would look like and the things that might need to be put in place to make that happen, attempting to cover all eventualities. Then I was trained in how to use a BOP-POD and 3D scanner. I also timed how long a portion of the scanning service would take with the assistance of a few participants
Were you interested in 3D body scanning and human measurement before working with us? If not, has your experience changed that?
I wasn’t interested in 3D scanning and human measurement before but after doing research and becoming acquainted with it I see the need for a new way of human measurement and im interested to see the results of the bodyshape models and the health outcomes they may be able to predict
Has your experience helped you in your career? Or, how do you hope it will help you in the future?
The experience I’ve had here was broad and varied and allowed me to get a small idea of where I would like to go in the future career wise and what I would need to do to get there. Also just being around the building and listening to conversations about what things need to be done and emphasised in research proposals to increase the likelihood of success has been really useful and I hope I’ll be able to apply that in the future. I think using this experience as examples of things I am capable of would be really instrumental in interview situations