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My pronouns are:

She/her
My Typical Day:

I start my day around 8am by checking my many emails to see if there is anything urgent that I need to do today. I then either review reports from current projects, or meet with project teams to figure out the best next steps for a project; the more interesting meetings are where we are trying to figure out what the data are telling us – like story telling.

I often have management meetings, or calls with my line reports to catch up on various things around the business, then taking the actions I need to as follow up (which could be following up with someone, proving some useful information to help a different project, checking the finances of our projects etc). My day ends with a to do list for tomorrow (which will likely have changed by the time I get to work again by my colleagues in the US and Asia)

Education:

I went to Bridge of Don Academy in Aberdeen where I realised that I liked, and was pretty good at, maths. I also was very interested in medicine but knew I didnt want to be a doctor.
Qualifications:

I have 8 (of the old) Scottish O grades (English, Maths, Arithmetic, Physics, Chemistry, French, Modern Studies, Music)

I have 6 (of the old) Scottish Highers (English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, French, Modern Studies)

1 have 3 CSYS (like Scottish Advanced Highers) in Maths (Geometry + Calculus; Computing) and Chemistry

I have a (first class honours) BSc degree from the University of Edinburgh in Maths and Statistics

I have an MSc in Statistics with Applications in Medicine from the University of Southampton

I have a post graduate diploma in the Health Economics from University of Aberdeen

Jan McKendrick