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Professor Harbinder Sandhu

糖心TV Medical School

鈥淚t was my dad who inspired me to explore how health and wellbeing had an impact on the human mind.鈥�

鈥淢y dad was an athlete and bodybuilder. Very much into his fitness and obviously as a young girl, I looked up to him and was interested in everything he did. I didn鈥檛 know then what a psychologist was or what they did. But I knew that I wanted to find out more about the mind and human behaviour.

My first job was working as a researcher in the medical school, looking at ways to improve communication between the doctor and patient. I was really interested in the research but also wanted to develop myself as a psychologist and an academic. I did my master鈥檚 in health psychology and the rest is history! Taking a job as qualified psychologist in the NHS, I now had the best of both worlds. I was able to see people with long term pain in clinical practice and then had the opportunity to take part in world leading clinical trials here.

I鈥檝e been very lucky to be able to combine both my passions and every day is different, which helps when you鈥檝e been here for 21 years.

As you鈥檇 expect from someone who is interested in the human mind, I like to challenge mine. I鈥檓 into anything creative that will get the mind going in different ways. I love dancing, particularly Cuban Salsa. It鈥檚 a great way to express yourself but I just really like music and movement so any dancing will help your mindfulness. Also, my family will tell you differently and say I鈥檓 not very musical. But I鈥檝e started to learn to play guitar and can now strum a few chords, It鈥檚 a start. I鈥檝e also taken online lessons to learn the drums. Imagine how well that went down at home.

Even though I鈥檝e always also had an interest in health and wellbeing my aim is to walk more. I鈥檝e started to do that now around campus, we鈥檙e lucky to have so many natural spaces to explore. Although when I鈥檓 out with friends I鈥檓 always the first to suggest getting an Uber!鈥�