Kyrah shares her journey with us from how she got into science to how she ended up in her PhD! She started off doing a Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Science conjoint with a focus in neuroscience and then did her honours in Pharmacology.

She had a successful honours year and managed to prove a causal variant in Motor Neuron Disease (super cool!)

She is now a PhD candidate at the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland, still working on Motor Neuron Disease.

She talks about struggles during her honours year, dealing with imposter syndrome before her PhD and how her supervisor inspired her to continue with her studies. We’ve loved to hear Kyrah’s story and we think you’ll appreciate it too!

Timestamps

1:20 How Kyrah got into science

6:35 Why Kyrah went into Health Science instead of Biomed

10:05 What Kyrah did after undergrad

14:23 Kyrah’s honours project

19:50 Imposter Syndrome interfering with certainty of continuing studies

22:30 PhD project

30:00 Kyrah’s advice to her 18-year old self

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Credit

Logo: Denny Lee

Intro: "Cali" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-cali-1171/?fbclid=IwAR0yGsfL9GEURuj4VpzFIUKdXmmH1Pik3YxUokmsKJ1QLNQdaPJC-HKsNsg)

Outro: "U Said It V13 Soundcloud" By Jonas Bjørnstad (https://pixabay.com/music/beats-u-said-it-v13-souncloud-1167/?fbclid=IwAR0tQaXzxiON3LN9hmMY14hZlVSafDuz8T3DIXfDBoKttlnEdpnTK9shyag)