As the year coordinator of the first-year students, she has demonstrated great responsibility, always being proactive and reliable. Over the past few weeks, she has managed the organization of the Progress Report with exceptional precision. Her commitment and work ethic are highly appreciated by her colleagues and students alike. In May, Anett Rancz was named Staff Member of the Month at the Centre for Translational Medicine.
Dr. Rancz has been working as the year coordinator of first-year Ph.D. students since September last year, and she has been involved in recruitment and student admissions since last spring. “My most important task is to keep in touch with students, supervisors, and the leaders of CTM, and to connect them when necessary. My work involves administrative and personal tasks, as well as education. I am also responsible for organizing the Progress Reports held every three months. I receive tremendous help from our event managers and scientific methodology supervisors.”
Dr. Rancz not only works as a year coordinator at CTM, but also supervises a first-year Ph.D. student. In addition, she assists sixteen Ph.D. students with their research as a scientific methodology expert and supports two junior methodology supervisors as a senior SMS. She has joined their projects and participates in their group meetings. Her work is aided by her status as a fourth-year Ph.D. student, which gives her insight into the obstacles students might face in their first year and the challenges they might encounter. She will complete her PhD training soon, in which she has conducted two meta-analyses related to microscopic colitis. In the first one, she assessed the prevalence of low bone density and osteoporosis in patients with this disease. Her second study focused on the risk factors of microscopic colitis. The article on this is currently under review and will be published soon. Dr. Rancz plans to defend her thesis this fall.
“The biggest challenge in my job as a year coordinator is that many Ph.D. students and colleagues contact me with questions and requests. MD-Ph.D. students also come to me, as they are preparing for their final exams at the university and also for their progress reports at CTM. Among the first-year PhD students, there are also qualified specialists who, in addition to their clinical work, are also on call or are having their babies. They need help to make good progress with their research and to prepare their progress reports appropriately. Although I cannot exempt anyone from their responsibilities, I strive to support students in all situations. For this, it is important to always assess the possibilities in which I or my colleagues could help them.”
(Szabó Emese)