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Estella Lumer

Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc (2021)

What attracted you to your programme and studying at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË? 

In the future, I want to pursue a career in psychiatry, combining a vast body of knowledge and approaches that account for the complexity of human beings when treating the mental disorders that can afflict them.

I was attracted to the Clinical Mental Health Sciences MSc programme because I believed it would have helped me gain an in-depth knowledge on how to assess, treat, and understand various mental disorders.

I was particularly interested in the Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Current Research in Psychosis and Bipolar, Current Research in Children's and Young People's Mental Health, and neuroimaging models courses.  

I was particularly drawn to UCL because of the incredible professors in the Division of Psychiatry. The faculty at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË not only teaches from the most current research, but they are often those who have conducted it. 

What are you doing now? 

I am in my third year of medical school at the University of Pavia (Italy). 

What’s your favourite thing about what you’re doing now? 

My favourite thing is spending time in the hospital visiting patients and doing research on psychosis. 

How do you feel your time at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË prepared you for your current role? 

My time at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË, especially my dissertation project, has immensely helped me during medical school. I conducted an experiment in pharmacogenetics which has greatly helped me in my statistics, genetics, and pharmacology courses.

A lot of the courses I have taken during the MSc have also been useful during my studies in the preclinical years.  

Additionally, due to the research I conducted for my dissertation and during my placement, I have been allowed to do research on psychosis in the psychiatry unit in Pavia. Usually, research is only done in the 6th year in Pavia. 

What advice would you give to a student thinking about studying at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË? 

Pick the course that seems the most interesting and most in line with what you think you might want to do in the future, and know that you will be joined by an incredible group of students, professors, and alumni network.