 Hello, my name is Dr Shobana Nagraj and everyone calls me Shobie. I work in the health systems collaborative group within the Centre for Global Health Research in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. NDM is really world renowned but also more importantly it has so many inspirational people within it. I think I've been really lucky to have quite a few really inspirational female role models in my life. I think the first one being my mother. She's a doctor but she also always was there for us as we were growing up. She really inspired me to actually be able to pursue studies to a higher level and both my parents have been hugely supportive. In terms of professional mentors I think that there are women that I've seen in science that have actually managed to break those glass ceilings and follow their dreams and I think that gave me permission to do that myself as well. It's really important to have female role models around you. Sometimes I've found that you are the one that has to lead the way sometimes. I've always felt very welcomed and it's been an environment where I've known that I can progress within that as well. So that's been really great.