Everything started to feel like it was falling apart. Kenya was the main location for my PhD and it didn’t look like I was going to be able to go bac… - Patricia Kingori

It really matters that you work with people who have the same values as you, and who are genuinely interested in creating a good working environment.

I was trying to find other places in Africa to continue my work. Wellcome were supportive – 'If you need to go to another location, if you need to have interruption of studies'. At the same time I felt like I really should go back [to Kenya]. I owed it to the people I was working with who had spent hours of their time with me. Then Wellcome were really helpful in supporting me to find another supervisor as well.

We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s.