Biography

During the fourth year of my undergraduate medical studies in Moscow, I developed an interest in radiology and then undertook two consecutive summer research placements at the Department of Radiology in Cambridge. Coming back to the Department as a PhD student, I will focus my work on facilitating clinical translation of hyperpolarised 13C-pyruvate magnetic resonance spectroscopy by identifying the niche clinical areas where it can revolutionise care for patients with prostate cancer. Moreover, I will continue coordinating the UK-Russia Young Medics Association, a student-led project through which more than 80 clinical and research exchanges between medical students, junior doctors and early career biomedical researchers of the two countries have been arranged over the past two years. Seeing how long-term professional collaborations, friendships and de novo institutional links flourish under the Association, I am strongly convinced that in times of global instability it is science diplomacy that has the unlimited and yet unexplored capacity for bringing people together. Hence, I look forward to making the most of my time in Cambridge to gain skills and establish networks needed to use my scientific prowess to achieve breakthroughs in cancer diagnosis and champion science diplomacy on a global scale.

Previous Education

Sechenov University General Medicine 2019