She is a third-year medical student, providing tremendous help to Veronika Lillik on her research related to acute pancreatitis, and to Krisztina Szalkay on her project linked to eating and feeding difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder. In June, Kamilla Marosi was named Project Student of the Month at the Center for Translational Medicine.
Kamilla Marosi is about to start her third year as a medical student at Semmelweis University and has been in contact with CTM since the second semester of her first year. “At that time, a delegation from the National University of Singapore visited our university. They came to Hungary for a conference and to participate in meetings. As I grew up in Singapore and have a higher-level Chinese language certificate, I was asked to welcome and accompany the delegation and to speak Chinese with them. This is how I met Rita Nagy, Vice Director at CTM. I had heard about CTM before, but she was the one who told me details about the research work going on there. She suggested a research topic for me to get involved in CTM’s work.”
As a project student, Kamilla assists the research work of Dr. Veronika Lillik, who investigates the cardiac complications associated with acute pancreatitis. “I have long been interested in the research aspect of medicine. So, although I would like to practice medicine after graduation, I would also like to continue research. I think CTM’s training system can provide an excellent foundation for this. Among the specialised fields of medicine, cardiology interests me the most, perhaps because of the research I am currently involved in. But I don’t want to make a hasty decision about my specialization, I will only decide on this after I have gained some clinical experience during my university years.”
As Dr. Lillik works as an internal medicine resident at Fejér County Szent György University Teaching Hospital, Kamilla mostly consults with her online about research work, and they only meet in person at meetings. “My task in this research is to categorize the ECG data of patients with acute pancreatitis and to clarify whether there was any discrepancy in their records. I also attend conferences related to my work and will soon be involved in writing scientific papers.”
Kamilla is also involved in Dr. Krisztina Szalkay’s Ph.D. research. As a pediatrician and child and adolescent psychiatrist, she researches eating and feeding difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder. “Her project is fascinating, and I’m happy to be involved in it. In connection with this research, we prepared a detailed questionnaire based on international cases. This can be completed by mothers who are experiencing feeding difficulties with their child. I helped a lot in the preparation of this questionnaire. I also had the opportunity to visit Bethesda Children’s Hospital and see how affected children are examined by the doctors working there. I am pleased to have such a great insight into medical work and research, even as an undergraduate student. This is why I consider it a special opportunity to be a project student at CTM.”
(Emese Szabó)