Coombeshead Academy Aspire Spring 2017

POST 16 ALUMNI
Kerrie Spicer
Kerrie said she was a dedicated student, a
bit of a ‘boffin’ in her own words. She was
on the Student Council, volunteered and
was lethal with a hockey stick.
Based at College House for her time in the
Sixth Form, she took Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and Psychology and studied
Podiatry at the University of Plymouth.
She graduated in 2009 and was unsure as
to where to go next.
Kerrie ended up in London and worked at
Guys and St. Thomas’s Hospital, at that time
as a ‘general dogsbody’.
She was persistent and moved around
hospitals. At Great Ormond Street she saw
complex surgical procedures on club feet
and hip operations.
She worked at Barts and The Royal Free
Hospital and experienced working with
amputee rehabilitation at Lambeth
Community Hospital with soldiers returning
from Afghanistan.
Kerrie also worked with diabetic and
meningitis patients. Her research has been
published in three medical journals.
With a young daughter she now works
at Torbay Hospital and has completed a
second Masters Degree in Pharmacy and
Pharmacology.
She is now undertaking a PhD in microbial
resistance but is mindful of the great
support she had whilst at school at the start
of her academic journey.
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