DOCTOR? NO, I’M AN ENGINEER... There’s a world of opportunity in combining engineering with medicine and health
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Jiao Jiao Li
Biomedical Engineer
STEM star
Engineering and health might not be an obvious pairin but they're a match mad g e in stem heaven!
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Let's hear it for the girls
JJ is ambitious, driven an d incredibly passionate about the work she does in research, plus her role as a lecturer and he r involvement with school outreach programs across the state. She really enjoys talkin g to students about finding their spark, to tak e on new challenges, and in particular uplifting Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CA LD) girls who are passionate about STEM . JJ wants CA LD girls to kn ow it’s OK to push back against barriers an d that they can be powerhouses in their fie lds. She’s a shining example that you can! – Hannah Diviney
al Engineering/ Bachelor of Biomedic rsity of Sydney ive Un ce, Medical Scien
field of Often referred to as the or Medical g Biomedical Engineerin coolest, fastestScience, this is one of the thways in the world growing, cutting-edge pa ek Australia in 2019 of STEM. Research by Se wth in the field over predicted a 30.3% job gro the next five years. medical engineer Dr Jiao Jiao Li (JJ), is a bio rsity of Technolog y and lecturer at the Unive a 2021-22 Superstar Sydney (UTS). She’s also estigator at the ARC of STEM and a chief inv vative BioEngineering. Training Centre for Inno efront of regenerative JJ’s research is at the for ibes as a combo of medicine which she descr d medicine. Specifically, engineering, science an ls (cells that can JJ is interested in stem cel kind of cells) and go on to form any other nefit the 500 million manipulating them to be e with osteoarthritis. people worldwide who liv
al Lecturer in Biomedic Engineering, UTS
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