The Scottish Asian and Business Awards

Congratulations to Iqra Ali (C2019) who recently won Young Achiever of the Year at The Scottish Asian and Business Awards.

Held in the Glasgow Marriot Hotel at the end of last year, Iqra was delighted to receive the Young Achiever of the Year award for her work at Edinburgh Medical School. As well as being a Year 2 medical student, Iqra is also a board member at Edinburgh Medical School and an advisor on the Student Curriculum Forum. In these roles, Iqra represents the MBChB students to help improve student learning and experience.

Additionally Iqra represents the medical school when working with the South Asian community in Glasgow with health radio shows on AWAZ FM and also Cancer Prevention studies in Muslim Women. Iqra said,

“It has sparked my interest in community medicine and women’s health and I hope to continue my work in the community and within the medical school.”

Iqra added,

“I would like to thank everyone at Hutchie for shaping my personality to help me further on in my career”.

Well done Iqra, from all at Hutchie, we are very proud.

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