by Jack Peck, PWIS 2019 Scholar When I first started my EPQ, I never imagined that it would lead me to visiting Washington DC. But after an application and a presentation in Cambridge, I won this great opportunity. I particularly enjoyed meeting several principal investigators, and discussing their work with them. These all were fascinating, and I feel I gained an insight into how research works that I would otherwise not have gained. In many ways, these meetings were the hig

by Pau Sole Vilaro, PWIS 2019 Scholar What a trip. That’s all I could think of while watching a movie on the plane flying from Dulles International Airport back to the U.K. And for good reason, too. The trip brought many firsts for me: my first time going to the States, first time being in a research centre and in an industrial drug-development centre, first time visiting and walking around Washington DC, or even first time to properly practice my American accent! It was an i