Aliza Naqvi

Dedicated young professional currently studying towards obtaining a bachelors pharmacology degree at the University of Liverpool. In addition to this, I have successfully completed a previous year at Nottingham Trent University building a solid foundation on my subject, finishing the year with a high 2:1 and I am looking to for opportunities to build on my technical skills and analytical knowledge to prepare myself in the pursuit of working within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industries with the hopes of being able to use my interests to provide a positive impact on people's lives and provide assistance in improving their quality of life. As I do not currently have much experience in this industry it is important for me to familiarise myself with the dynamics that it involves and to become aware of situations i am required to handle and to carry them out with the upmost excellence.

Throughout my years of education i have gained experience from various areas which I believe have provided me with a strong collection of skills allowing me to advance professionally. These experiences have come from opportunities such large number of hours spent in the lab, being a part of societies, attending employability events and conferences etc. Some key skills acquired have been:

• Discipline - due to the nature of the lab and experiments often having a time restraint I have learnt how to remain focused under pressure and when struggling with an issue i am able to branch out and look for solutions which can include researching information from other sources or reaching out to other members for assistance when necessary.

• Ability to work within a team - due to the collaborative nature of experiments, at times it's necessary to co-operate as a group to acquire findings which requires communication and coordination between group members to ensure the findings are made efficiently and accurately. Through this i was able to improve my communication skills which is useful when working in roles such as finance and business due to the networking aspect and the requirements to interact with clients as well as colleagues.

• Critical thinking - completing assignments such as lab reports and writing articles about various topics has required me to use my own knowledge to evaluate pieces of information and use my judgement to determine conclusions which is a skill that is valuable in a professional setting as allows me to make informed decisions and decipher strategies to achieve a goal such as when making business deals and navigating data

• Analytical problem solving - I have been driven to pursue a science related career for many years now and during this time I haven't spent a countless number of hours in labs completing various experiments. This process requires creativity and looking at a problem from different perspectives in order to understand how to approach finding the solution. Through this I have been able to build on my abilities to analyse results in order to recognise patterns or discover the root cause of an issue so I can then proceed to derive logical solutions.