had a mentorship programme in place,” she says, “but it wasn’t very strong or well publicized - Pauline Byakika

So we had senior women scientists speak to the junior women about the obstacles unique to women," she says. "And that's how I came to apply for the TDR grant.

I told myself if I want to do good clinical research I need to be a good physician. And to be a good doctor meant I needed to go back for more training.

We noticed a lot of women were lacking the soft skills, things like management, leadership, budgeting. In addition to those things, mentors talk about the different strategies they used to advance their career.”