biomedical sciences

I'm Delta Work, and this is Very Delta.

Lady Bushra's on the show today, and we talk about biomedical science, men who smell like hay, and greening out.

But first, do you want to see me go off? Because I think you want to see me go off.

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There's a fine line between arrogance and confidence, isn't there? Yeah.

It's a case of sort of, and I've had to do it several times.

I've had to do it, you know, I come from a biomedical science, a pharmaceutical background.

I've worked with small businesses where you sort of have to put your ego aside, the sales pitch aside and say, what is this product? Who is this person? What is it that we're trying to sell? You know what I mean? Or what is our value proposition? And I've done that with myself several times.

Bribble uses statistical models to study the effects of harmful algal blooms.

He's also a 2026 recipient of the Pew Hoover Fellowship in Marine and Biomedical Science and is awarded through a cross-cutting partnership between the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation and the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

with support from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation.

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Hey team, this week I'm talking with James and Sam Brown, co-authors of Focus, the ADHD guide to productivity that actually works.

James is a science communicator with a PhD in biomedical science and 20 plus years in academia and chair of the adult ADHD charity, ADHD Adult UK.

Sam, also known as MissAudiHDOnline, is an executive administrator with ADHD-informed PA expertise, an ADHD coach, director and secretary of JBHD LTD, and a trustee of ADHD Adult UK.

Together, with Alex Connor, they co-host the ADHD Adults podcast.

Each episode, we uncover the stories behind these journeys, how our guests navigated the twists and turns, what they learned along the way, and how they ended up exactly where they're meant to be.

Our guest today is Mercedes Swan, who graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, fully intending to study medicine.

But life had other plans.

Through unexpected twists, personal challenges and becoming a mother, Mercedes found her passion in public health and maternal well-being.

I think that risk-taking element is probably not quite there because you need a little less regard for your life, I think, if you're going to be a Formula One race car driver.

I think so.

So you studied a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Griffith Uni, but I know that your mum and dad both went to Bond Uni.

So what led you to choosing Griffith for your undergrad?

It was like a growing area, information technology.

And the second option, I put biomedical science.

So this was your second choice.

IT was first.

Yeah, because I didn't know much about biomedical science.

I just chose that field because it has this medical term in its name.

Yes,

it has that allure.

but I think that's a process of working through that.

So in 2005, I'd applied for biomedical sciences, because at the age of, I was 16 then.

At the age of 16, I thought, "It's got medical in the name.

I'll do that, because I, I like medical." Um, not really know much about it or anything like that, um, 'cause I didn't have the grades to go into medicine.

Yeah, so I mean, I thought at that point, I think ultimately what I'd like to do is medicine.

I think I'm quite interested in that, quite fascinated by that, but I just didn't have the grades.

Um, so I applied to do biomedical sciences, which I got in for, which I had the grades for.

Uh, and then realized that biomedical sciences was not for me.

But I got to medical school, got to UCL, and I was quite, I would say, detached from the academic side of medicine in the sense that all I wanted to do was get my medical degree, really, and I didn't think much further than that.

I even did what's called an intercalated BSc halfway through in something called Biomedical Sciences because I was thinking, look, if I leave at some point, at least I'll have a science degree and maybe that'll be useful sort of thing.

And remember, I'm 20 at this point and I don't know anything about anything.

So anyway, I qualify, but I can't get enthusiastic about...