Argita Zilli
Dr Argita Zalli holds a PhD in Immunology and an MSc in University Learning and Teaching.
Over the past 10 years she has conducted medical research in the fields of Immunology,
Haematology and Psychobiology where she has collaborated with world leading scientists, including Nobel Prize Winner and published in high impacted research journals. She has also directed and taught courses for biomedical and medical students and has been awarded several teaching awards. Over the past couple of years, Dr A Zalli has focused on teaching and pedagogical training of university teaching staff in Imperial College, London where she is currently a teaching and learning specialist lead in the Faculty of Medicine, clinical years.
Dr A. Zalli is also the founder of We Speak Science, a non-profit institution, the aim of Which, is to increase awareness of science and medicine in the USA and Europe.
Through We Speak Science, Dr A. Zalli co-founded the charity called “Aferdita Ime”, whose aim is to help cancer patients through psycho-social support and counselling.
Detina Zalli
Dr. Zalli is Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK. She earned her PhD at the University of Leicester, UK and then moved to Boston, where she carried out her postdoctoral research training at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Following her postdoctoral training at Harvard, Dr. Zalli focused on teaching, where she directed multiple courses for undergraduate and graduate students in the life sciences. She also acted as the Director of the Advanced Graduate Preclinical and Clinical Research Course and the Director of the Biotech Journal Club at Harvard Medical School.
Inspired by the 44th U.S. president, Barack Obama, at Harvard, Dr. Zalli joined Harvard Professional Government and chaired multiple important events such as Harvard Lectures That Last and the Harvard Leadership Conference.
Dr Zalli then moved to the University of Oxford, where she was the academic lead for the MSc course in Precision Cancer Medicine.
Aside from teaching, Dr. Zalli is committed to assisting people in need. In 2020, Dr Zalli co-founded a charity called “Aferdita Ime” in collaboration with otherworld-renowned oncologists and scientists, with the mission of assisting cancer patients through psychosocial support and counselling. She is also very passionate about helping students from low socio-economic backgrounds (including students from Ukraine) and has led many STEM events via her non-profit organisation, We Speak Science, in collaboration with faculty from Harvard University, MIT, Yale University, the University of Oxford and scientists from NASA to inspire students from all over the world to pursue STEM careers.
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