71 | Dr. Marta Seretny on seeking asylum, multilingualism, academia & anaesthetics

Dr. Marta Seretny is currently a research fellow in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine working at Auckland City Hospital and an honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland department of Anaesthesiology. She completed much of her postgraduate clinical training in Edinburgh, Scotland and her final years of training in Auckland New Zealand. Her PhD, awarded by the university of Edinburgh, investigated chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) using fMRI of the brain. She is interested in optimising the perioperative pathways of cancer patients in order to improve patient centred outcomes.In this episode, we discuss her journey as a Polish child refugee, seeking asylum in Italy and eventually resettling through sponsorship in Australia. We talk about the challenges in raising multilingual children, and the difficulties with third culturalism in moving between different countries. Marta shares how she found her way into anaesthetics, and breaking the stereotypes of academia.You can find her on these links:https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/mser366https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PGKVfBlINKwNB: This episode was recorded in 2021.Support the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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