International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11, we met with RDH’s Chief Nuclear Medicine Scientist.
Meet Suzi McGavin, the Chief Nuclear Medicine Scientist at Royal Darwin Hospital, who is responsible for providing patients and their doctors functional images to help assess or treat different diseases.
Suzi has worked across a number of different regions in Australia and uses her passion for science to educate upcoming nuclear scientists.
In particular, Suzi has focussed her skills and attention on Molecular Imaging, which is a biomedical research discipline that enables the visualisation, characterisation, and quantification of biologic processes taking place at the cellular and subcellular levels within the human body.
“We really can look at the function of anything. It is also interesting to see the developments and changes happening and to know you play a part that will make a difference in the health of our future population," she said.
"We want people to love where they work, the exposure here is far greater to that of metropolitan sites and a really rewarding place to work."
Suzi's fascination in research and learning about people, set her on this career path.
“Working in science is such a rewarding career and taking opportunities to see where it takes you is exciting," she said.
“I would advise women to find strong mentors or people they enjoy being around, who also love what they do, they can be at any level, you will learn so much from every person you enjoy being around," she said.
