Scholarship / Career plan - by 2030, I will be a renowned Medically Scientist, locally and internationally [6]

my plans and goals for the future

My profession as a Medical Laboratory Scientist has a toll in saving lives. The scope of my career span through programmes that captures infectious disease(s) prevention and treatment. Currently, I am a volunteer laboratory scientist with the HIV/AIDS ART clinic with the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia. In this clinic, I involve in laboratory investigations pertaining to issues of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis testing and counseling. My immediate plan is to continue in my chosen career as a Medical Laboratory scientist where I make the difference in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in my immediate environment. This is in line with one of the objectives of the activities of the UK government in developing country which is targeted at prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and tackling neglected tropical disease through an integrated approach.

On return from the UK, I will be a good ambassador of Chevening and will bring with me, the UK experience and expertise I have learned in the field of Molecular Biology and Biomedical Sciences to initiate and aid ongoing research on TB, HIV/AIDS. I will seek collaborations with National Agency for the control of AIDS (NACA) and Other NGOs to identify grey areas bordering issues affecting the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases and seek appropriate solutions to them in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). I will push for the proposal to encourage molecular screening for HIV suspected patients and in the molecular screening of Bloods for transfusion in Blood banks of our tertiary Hospital.

In order to bring the incidence of infectious disease to the minimum level, I will participate in Medically conferences and seminar, make presentations, and publications to further strengthen my network and improve on my professional development both locally and internationally; organize outreaches to sensitize and impact positively on the life our people living in rural areas.

By 2023, I will have my research group where I can transfer the knowledge gained; as I hope to mentor young Medical laboratory scientist and researchers in the field of Molecular Biology and Diagnostic Medicine. I will engage the youth in my immediate community by creating advocacy groups, we will carry out campaigns and enlightenment on prevention, voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/AIDs, TB, Malaria and other infectious diseases through successful partnership with NACA, MAPs, and other relevant agencies

By 2030, I will be a renowned Medically Scientist, locally and internationally with many of my research work been read globally and having significant improvement in the general health status of people living in Nigeria and the African Continent at large.