Sudharshan Palaniappa

Hi everyone! Our names are Sudharshan and Yashwin, and we are second-year medical students running for co-leads of the National Conference.

We plan to revive the National Conference, making it the cornerstone event of SORA’s commitment to advancing research. We have a few ideas to steer the conference towards new heights of collaboration and impact:

1. Leverage on our network with students of other academic institutions to establish a joint research conference
2. Interdisciplinary collaboration sessions where medical students work with students from other disciplines to foster innovation and approach healthcare challenges from multiple perspectives
3. Hands-on research workshops including laboratory techniques, clinical research methodologies and bioinformatics analytics.
4. Research poster competitions where students are judged by experts in the field
5. Mini speed networking session for students to discover research opportunities

More about us:

I’m Yashwin and I’m involved in respiratory research at St. Mary’s Hospital, where I work with top researchers. This has improved my research skills and network which is key to delivering a national conference. I was also charity lead for my school, which has perfected my leadership skills and placing me in a good position to lead a national conference.

I’m Sudharshan and I’ve been in the committees/subcommittees of multiple societies at Imperial, including SORA. I have thus developed the organisational and leadership abilities to lead a large-scale conference. Having gone through mandatory military service, I can also collaborate with others well and work under pressure to deliver results.

Please consider casting your vote for us! Thank you!