19- Dr Curtis Asante- Following your instinct

Dr Curtis Asante is Associate Director of Members' Programmes at the Microbiology Society.  He spent some time in the US as a Postdoc, before embarking in his post-research journey; this has taking him from working as an editor in a prestigious scientific journal to being a project manager for a research network (UKRMP),  a research funder (Research Cancer UK) and a learned society (Microbiology Society).When he started his career with a PhD in neuropharmacology, Curtis may not have predicted that he would live such a diverse professional life.As a black scientist, Curtis has become involved in work to foster diversity in organisations. The impact of doing Equality and Diversity work has reshaped his professional identity as a change maker. His leadership has been built in part through taking the opportunity of becoming the co-chair of the Race Equality and Equity network at Cancer Research UK.I write a blog post for each Podcast episode, inspired by the many themes discussed with my guests. The blog posts prompt you in your reflection journey.Access all podcasts and blog posts inspired by the Podcast interviews from: https://tesselledevelopment.com/podcastRegister on the mailing list to receive Podcast updates: https://tesselledevelopment.activehosted.com/f/5Get in touch for questions, queries or to suggest a brilliant contributor: [email protected]