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IGHI is home to a team of staff who are skilled and passionate about their roles. Our talented people are the reason we\u2019re able to tackle some of the most pressing global health challenges through cutting-edge innovation.<\/p>\nIGHI is home to a team of staff who are skilled and passionate about their roles. Our talented people are the reason we\u2019re able to tackle some of the most pressing global health challenges through cutting-edge innovation.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re giving you the chance to get to know our staff a little better and learn about what motivates them in their roles, who inspires them and what they like to get up to outside of IGHI.<\/p>\n
Meet Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena<\/strong><\/a>, co-director of IGHI\u2019s Hamlyn Centre<\/a> and Professor of Medical Robotics. Find out more about Ferdinando\u2019s passion for engineering and medicine and his love for food!<\/p>\n As the engineering co-director of the Hamlyn Centre, I work with Professor Ara Darzi to deliver the strategy we have set out, keep our finances in check, and look for new ways to expand our remit, reach and impact.<\/p>\n The opportunity to influence a research field that is close to my heart. I was also attracted by the chance to build tighter links between engineering and medicine, which I think are key to understanding what is needed to translate research successfully and achieve clinical impact.<\/p>\n Caring, funny, and with integrity.<\/p>\n The impossible question\u2026 remaining sane while juggling family life and career in a working couple household!<\/p>\n Amazing people that no one knows about.<\/p>\n Definitely teletransportation!<\/p>\n Definitely food! Mrs and I are definitely foodies. Was it not for my discipline and self-control, I would most definitely be rolling into work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IGHI is home to a team of staff who are skilled and passionate about their roles. Our talented people are the reason we\u2019re able to tackle some of the most pressing global health challenges through cutting-edge innovation. We\u2019re giving you the chance to get to know our staff a little better and learn about what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What does your role involve?<\/h2>\n
What attracted you to the role?<\/h2>\n
How would your colleagues describe you in three words?<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s your biggest achievement to date \u2013 personal or professional?<\/h2>\n
Who inspires you?<\/h2>\n
If you had a superpower, what would it be?<\/h2>\n
What\u2019s your guilty pleasure?<\/h2>\n