Diya Asawa

Hi everyone! I'm Diya, a Biomedical Sciences student, and I'm running for the MedTech Portal Chair position. 

For the past term, I've been involved in the MedTech committee as the Portal Media Officer, and I've loved working with the team to write articles, organise podcasts, and launch the very first MedTech Newsletter for all our members. I am eager to lead the Portal Team and expand its outreach next year so that more students can experience the exciting opportunities that I had access to! 

• As the MedTech Portal Chair, I would love to help recruit a stronger community of first year members - joining a new society as a first-year student can feel daunting, and I hope to decrease any barriers to entry by organising more informal skills workshops and events for members to practise skills that are important for the MedTech field such as scientific communication, public speaking, and coding. 
• I'd love to include fun trivia questions on the MedTech Instagram and interesting MedTech-related websites/documentaries/resources on the Portal website to increase audience engagement.
• I'd like to promote collaborative writing as well as original artwork by UCL students within the Portal articles.

I believe that I would be a good Portal Chair since I enjoy working with new people and I'm good at staying organised - I would like to use my role to help the society achieve its goals and implement new initiatives for the upcoming year:)