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Cracks, Conservation, and Comebacks
Dr Donatella Banti’s Interdisciplinary Path At the Daphne Jackson Trust, we believe in helping talented researchers become visible again after a career break — not only by supporting their return…
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Tackling Imposter Syndrome: How Returners Can Rebuild Confidence
Have you ever looked around at your colleagues and wondered how they all seem so confident? If so, you’re certainly not alone. A recent 2025 meta-analysis covering 30 studies and…
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Dr Matt Hawcroft
Field: Physical Sciences Host: University of Oxford, School of Geography and Environment Funder: Royal Society Fellowship Title: “HILLY – High-Impact events and Large-scaLe dYnamics: Connecting changes in storms and atmospheric rivers to the large-scale dynamical response to a warming climate”. Matt’s project investigates the relationship between potential future changes in small scale events which cause
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Dr Wendy Rickard
Field: History Host: Newcastle University, School of History, Archaeology and Classics Funder: AHRC Fellowship Title: Disrupted Narratives, Exposed Voices: A Global Scoping Review of HIV Oral History and its Public Dissemination (1985-2025) The project aims to search, scope and synthesise oral histories (audio interviews and archival collections), reviewing at a global level whose HIV-related oral histories
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Dr Julia Riedl
Field: Neurosciences Host: MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London Funder: Royal Society Fellowship Title: “Neuroactive Compound Screening in Caenorhabditis elegans”. Julia’s project uses the small, but well studied brain of the roundworm C. elegans to establish a new way to find molecules acting on brain activity. Before taking a career break to relocate
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Dr Shakila Bibi
Field: Life Sciences & Biomedicine Host: University of Oxford, Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility Funder: British Heart Foundation Fellowship Title: Evaluating universality of the HyTwin model for hypertension ‘It was a dream come true to be able to return to a research career after a decade for Shakila. She is working on a project assessing the
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Dr Karolina Rygiel
Field: Life Sciences & Biomedicine Host: University of Oxford Funder: Royal Society Fellowship Title: “Developing spatial immunopeptidomics in colorectal cancer” Karolina holds a 1st Class Hons Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology from Jagiellonian University, Poland, and a PhD in applied immunobiology from Newcastle University. Her early research explored autoimmune liver disease, followed by studies on
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Dr Annika Burleigh
Field: Life Sciences & Biomedicine Host: Royal Veterinary College, University of London Funder: Orthopaedic Research UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC) Fellowship Title: Defining the mechanism and efficacy of CDK8/19 therapies across the skeleton in pre-clinical osteoarthritis (OA) models. Dr Burleigh is a highly qualified academic with a PhD in rheumatology and a longstanding
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Diverse paths to career success
While many Daphne Jackson Fellows return to academia, a fellowship can also prepare researchers for a wide range of leadership roles in both industry and academia.