Prof Sue Welburn wins award for outstanding supervision of PhD students

Professor  Welburn she's  a  very  wonderful  professor. Like  she  motivates  us  in a  very  different  way,  mentally, physically,  emotionally. And  one  most  important  thing is  Professor  Welburn. He  research  interest  focuses  on the  zoonotic  disease  and tropical  infectious  disease, which  is  my  research  interest. That's  what  the  major  reason  that I  joined  her  lab,  and  luckily, I  became  her  student, and  throughout  my  two  years  journey, she's  helping  me  a  lot. And  I  will  look  forward  to go  with  her  until  my  graduation  and  goes  on. Seeing  a  woman  looking a  Woman  Professor  by itself  is  another  way  of inspiration  for  me,  basically. Like,  she's  a  symbol  for  me. Like  a  woman  can  achieve everything  that  she  wants or  that's  in  her  dreams. And  she's  helpful  and  she knows  the  struggles  and  the  challenge as  being  a  woman  and  like  the  one who  strives  to  achieve  dreams. So  really,  it's  very  inspiring  to be  her  student  and  she  to  be  our  PI, my  PI,  basically.  Supervisor. Having  a  woman  as  my  supervisor  to  me, I  would  take  it  as  an  opportunity  because  she truly  understands  your  needs  as  a  woman, as  a  student,  as  a  mother. But  also,  this  is  a  person that  is  highly  respected.  We  respect  her. Though  we  don't  fear  her, we  only  respect  her because  she's  very  approachable. She's  a  person  that  you would  not  fear  to  tell what's  working  out  and what's  not  working  out,  but  with  respect. So  we  really  look  upon  her  as  a  role  model. She  inspires  us  to  do  more  and  more. Professor  Olbum  is  an  amazing  professor, and  I  feel  excited, and  I  feel  privileged, actually,  to  be  part  of  her  research  group. She's  somebody  who  listens,  guides, and  wants  to  see  someone  progress, she  never  wants  to  see  someone who  is  lagging  behind. So  she  always  keeps following  up  on  her  students. So  it's  really  an  amazing  thing  to  work  with a  professor  who  is  of  that  calibre. So  she's  she  listens and  she  guides  well  in  everything. She's  somebody  who  has  been  in Uganda  before  and  knows  the  country, and  she  has  vast  experience in  these  tropical  illnesses. So  she  really  guides you  here  in  a  good  way  with  experience.