Vanessa McLoughlin

 

Address: Pembroke College, St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DW

Email: vanessa . mcloughlin @ pmb . ox . ac . uk

 

EDUCATION

2019 - present

BM BCh (2nd year medical student)

Pembroke College, University of Oxford

2017 - 2019

3 A levels: Chemistry (A*), Maths (A*), Biology (A*)

1 AS level: Further Maths (A)

Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

2015 - 2017

1 AS level: Environmental Studies (A)

13 GCSEs and IGCSEs: Maths (9), English Language (9), English Literature (8), Biology (A*), Chemistry (A*), Physics (A*), History (A*), Geography (A*), Spanish (A*), Mandarin Chinese (A*), Psychology (A*), Religious Studies (A*),  Information and Communications Technology (A*)

1 Free-Standing Maths Qualification: Additional Maths (A) 

Rochester Grammar School

 

 

RESEARCH and CONFERENCES

2020

Research Internship

  • Cleaning and statistical analysis of data from the Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO), a longitudinal birth cohort study
  • Wrote up findings in a paper (to be submitted in 2021) titled Prevalence of infant gastroesophageal reflux disease in a multi-ethnic population in Singapore
  • Selected to give an oral presentation with the same title at the Digestive Diseases Week conference 2021

Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2020 - 2021

International Representative

Elected to support the international student community and organise events within the college

Pembroke College, University of Oxford

2020

Speaker at various webinars for outreach events and mentor for students applying to medical school

All profits go to St. Nicholas Home in Penang, a community for the blind and visually impaired

Tutor With Thought Charity

2016 - 2019

Volunteered on the shop floor and on the till, both independently and as part of a team

Demelza Children’s Hospice Charity Shop

2018

Shadowed doctors in wards, out-patient clinics and emergency departments for a week

Medway Maritime Hospital

 

SKILLS

·       Basic programming (Python, MATLAB, R)

·       Statistical analysis (R, SPSS)

·       Mandarin Chinese to HSK Level 4 (CEFR B2, equivalent to A-level)

·       Conversational Spanish

 

AWARDS

2020

Rokos Scholarship, Pembroke College, Oxford

Watts Exhibition, Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

Sharad Gandhi Prize, Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

2019

UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Gold Award, Merit in Senior Kangaroo (final round)

2018

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge Gold Award

RSB British Biology Olympiad Silver Award

UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Gold Award, Merit in Senior Kangaroo (final round)

Certificate of Excellence for Work Experience

2017

RGS Young Musician of the Year Finalist, Subject Award in A-level Chemistry

2016

Award for Outstanding Attainment in Maths, Award for Outstanding Attainment in GCSEs taken in Year 10, Selected to represent the school in the RSC Chemistry Challenge

 

INTERESTS

Music

ABRSM Grade 8 Violin, ABRSM Grade 8 Piano, violinist in the Kent County Youth Orchestra and the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra

Running

Represented Medway in the Kent Cross Country Championships

Other

Travelling, writing, voluntary work