Her Story
About Syeda Batool
Batool Syeda serves as a Project Manager in Clinical Research. Her career path began in India, where she collaborated with professors and external partners on public health intervention projects during her undergraduate studies. Upon moving to the United States, she leveraged this experience to join new research initiatives, initially focusing on meeting management, coordination, and delegation. As she progresses through her clinical epidemiology course, her role has expanded to include more technical responsibilities such as data management, analysis programming, and presenting results to the team. Batool attributes her success to her parents, who supported her intellectually, morally, and physically, as well as to her faith. She values working with integrity and passion on datasets connected to individuals or communities, and she holds that healthcare is a human right that should be accessible to all. In her personal life, she emphasizes kindness and the principle of living fully while allowing others the same freedom. The best career advice she received from a professor in India is to treat every environment as a learning experience, focusing on improving the work rather than personal perceptions.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Syeda Batool
01What do you attribute your success to?
My success is definitely due to my parents. They have gotten me to the position intellectually, morally, and physically that I am able to be in this position. And religiously to God.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I received from my professor in India was that in any room, work, classroom or job, you should always realize it's a learning experience. Anything people say or any criticism is never personal. You're always learning, and should focus on the work and how to better it rather than thinking about how people are perceiving you. As long as you're smiling, polite, and work well, focus on developing your work rather than personal issues.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenges in healthcare right now are the financial burden and lack of access that people have to financial care. Also the funding to research, which feeds into the healthcare system. The financial aspect for the healthcare system and research needs more attention so that healthcare, which is a human right, can be provided to all.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
For my work, my value comes directly from my passion. I have always been passionate about working with datasets tied to people or groups of people, and I work with integrity and passion that would make justice to them. In my personal life, being kind, and the phrase 'live and let people live' - living your life to the fullest and allowing people the space to live how they would love to live.
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