Director of ReSNetSLT, Dr Hazel Roddam, was delighted to be featured in the second “NHS Wonder Women” series presented by NHS R&D North West.
Hazel is the first Speech and Language Therapist to be interviewed about what is needed to maximise what women can achieve in research.
In this video, Hazel talks about the perceptions and reality of clinical-academic research careers, especially in the Allied Health Professions.
Watch the 11-minute video interview HERE.
Listen to Hazel talk about the challenge of having to leave clinical practice to do research and how her journey from clinician to researcher was inspired by the children and families she worked with over the years.
Her passion for enabling others to develop their own research career path has led to many national and international roles, including her work with the European organisation for Speech and Language Therapists (CPLOL) and with the UK Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) .
In this interview Hazel talks about her regret that there are still limited opportunities for health professionals to reach their research potential, but also her joy in helping others to succeed.
Since the filming of this video, Hazel is delighted to have been invited by Health Education England to write a strategy for building a more sustainable strategy for building research capacity, capability and culture across all 14 Allied Health Professions.
This work is underway and will be completed by the end of 2021.
We encourage you all to look at the creative and dynamic range of initiatives and projects by NHS R&D North West, including a specific focus on realising the potential of early career researchers.
Their impact reaches worldwide, as shown by the downloads of their online magazine “The Researcher“, featuring articles written by – and for – clinical practitioners in a wide range of roles and service settings.
