title: Ten-minute chat.
abstract: In her second year of vet school Cheryl Scudamore found she enjoyed pathology and biological research and decided that practice might not be for her. Now working in biomedical science as a pathologist she supports studies into the genetic basis of human diseases.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scudamore
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002321:Career Choice; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D006801:Humans; D010336:Pathology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*