Yasmin Chu
I found the skills I learnt at UTS during my Masters very practical and useful.
What exactly does your work/job entail?
As a project officer in melanoma research my daily activities are greatly varied. I coordinate multiple melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer clinical trials at various stages. Each clinical trial is unique and innovative to the world of research. This means a part of my role is to keep up to date on all the newest results and publications in melanoma research around the world as the space I work in evolves incredibly quick.
My role also includes protocol development, coordinating clinical trials, recruiting patients at multiple sites, this means training clinicians and research staff to perform study protocols according to the established processes, monitoring hospitals, ensuring accurate documentation and preparation of research publications in journals and presenting at conferences nationally and internationally.
What part of your work inspires you the most? Why do you find it interesting?
What I find most interesting about my job is that it brings me together with all the leading researchers in melanoma and non-melanoma around Australia and the world.
These clinicians and researchers are incredibly passionate people with amazing ideas on how they want to improve treatment and care for patients. It is truly inspiring to be around that every day.
How did you get to your current role?
During my course at UTS I took part in the UTS Accomplish Award which helped me gain casual work experience at a hospital. This resulted resulted in a full time position in a clinical trials research database and evolved to the role I am in now.
Do you find the skills you learnt during your degree useful and versatile? If so how?
I found the skills I learnt at UTS during my Masters very practical and useful. Particularly Advanced communications in science as this is something I use every day, both written and verbal. The UTS accomplish award course was incredibly helpful, the award taught me how to write a resume and pushed me to challenge myself more which has taken me to where I am now.
Have you had any achievements or news that you'd like to share with the UTS Alumni community?
I recently presented and pitched at clinical trial at the 2018 Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care conference.
