{"id":739,"date":"2019-10-03T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/mathssciencechampions\/?p=739"},"modified":"2024-05-23T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:43:31","slug":"a-sight-for-sore-eyes-meet-zahra-tajbakhsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/stemmchampions\/blog\/2019\/10\/a-sight-for-sore-eyes-meet-zahra-tajbakhsh\/","title":{"rendered":"A sight for sore eyes – Meet Zahra Tajbakhsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mahjabeen Khan<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Are you brave enough to travel 10,000km away from home to pursue your dream? Zahra Tajbakhsh is! Growing up i<\/i>n Fars province<\/i>, Iran, Zahra always excelled academically in science subjects, so much that her family nickname was Dr Zahra. Years later, Zahra\u00a0<\/i>used her skills to become an optometrist, helping treat people with a range of eye conditions. Curious<\/i>l<\/i>y however got the better of her and she decided to pursue the dream of becoming Dr Zahra, taking up a PhD in Australia. She now works at the School of Optometry at UNSW, studying how immune cells in the eye cause allergies<\/i>.\u202f<\/i><\/p>\n

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You\u2019re a\u00a0<\/b>vision science<\/b>\u00a0researcher<\/b>.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>What lead you down this path?<\/b><\/p>\n

During\u00a0elementary and high\u00a0school,\u00a0I\u00a0was great\u00a0at\u00a0science-based\u00a0subjects like\u00a0chemistry, biology\u00a0and\u00a0maths\u00a0and\u00a0thus I knew I wanted a career related to science.\u00a0My family\u00a0were very supportive of this and even used to\u00a0call me\u00a0\u2018Dr Zahra\u2019.\u00a0However,\u00a0when I passed the university entrance exam,\u00a0I didn\u2019t\u00a0actually know\u00a0what type of science I wanted to pursue so\u00a0I selected the optometry\u00a0simply\u00a0based on\u00a0the fact that it received a high credit score and I had one.<\/p>\n

After I\u00a0graduated\u00a0as an optometrist, I realised how\u00a0useful\u00a0I could be\u00a0for people who\u00a0were\u00a0suffering from eye-related diseases. Whenever my patients came back to me and talked about how\u00a0happy they\u00a0were\u00a0with\u00a0their\u00a0treatments, I felt so proud and happy.\u00a0However,\u00a0I also found myself wanting\u00a0to\u00a0go beyond just treating patients and\u00a0actually\u00a0increase\u00a0the\u00a0knowledge in the field.\u00a0So,\u00a0I took a big leap and moved\u00a010,623km\u00a0away from my family and friends\u00a0in Iran\u00a0to\u00a0do a PhD in Australia.\u00a0It was a\u00a0really big\u00a0decision,\u00a0but\u00a0I\u00a0love\u00a0learning new things\u00a0every\u00a0day\u00a0and\u00a0getting closer to actually becoming \u2018Dr Zahra\u2019.<\/p>\n

What is your PhD\u00a0<\/b>project\u00a0<\/b>about?<\/b><\/p>\n

My PhD project focuses on allergies which affect the eye. These are known as ocular allergies. Ocular allergies are a problem because they are increasing in prevalence\u00a0worldwide\u00a0and\u00a0all the\u00a0current treatments\u00a0for these allergies\u00a0only provide\u00a0sufferers with\u00a0temporary\u00a0relief.\u00a0In my PhD,\u00a0I am\u00a0studying\u00a0the special immune cells responsible for initiating\u00a0allergies in\u00a0the\u00a0eye. If we can understand how these cells cause allergies, then we can hopefully develop better\u00a0treatments in the future.<\/p>\n

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An image of the nerves of the cornea (front surface of the eye) examined by Zahra’s research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What part of your research\u00a0<\/b>do you find most\u00a0<\/b>interesting?<\/b><\/p>\n

I love all the parts\u00a0of research!\u00a0I\u00a0like\u00a0finding\u00a0gaps\u00a0in the current knowledge and\u00a0designing\u00a0a\u00a0research\u00a0aim.\u00a0I also like conducting experiments,\u00a0collecting data and analysing\u00a0it. I find it\u00a0interesting\u00a0and love the feeling that\u00a0I am adding new information to the\u00a0scientific world.<\/p>\n

What do you\u00a0<\/b>get up to when you are not doing\u00a0<\/b>research?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u00a0love music and\u00a0have\u00a0just\u00a0started to learn\u00a0an\u00a0instrument\u00a0called\u00a0the Sitar.\u00a0It is a\u00a0traditional\u00a0Iranian instrument.\u00a0I\u00a0also\u00a0like to read philosophy and poetry\u00a0books, hang\u00a0out with friends and\u00a0watch\u00a0movies.<\/p>\n

What are your plans<\/b>\u00a0after you finish your PhD<\/b>?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u00a0would like to\u00a0continue to do research, probably with\u00a0research and development\u00a0companies.\u00a0I think the important part of the\u00a0research is to be able to\u00a0translate\u00a0results\u00a0into products and services which can be used by people.<\/p>\n

The UNSW Women\u2019s in Maths and Science program is all about sharing science with the public, particularly the younger generation.\u00a0<\/b>What<\/b>\u2019s<\/b>\u00a0your message to the younger generation<\/b>\u00a0about science<\/b>?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u00a0encourage\u00a0young\u00a0people to look at science and science related careers and\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think that they are too hard.\u00a0Whilst I have definitely\u00a0\u00a0found it hard sometimes\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0worth\u00a0persisting. Like all\u00a0things\u00a0in life, no\u00a0matter how hard it is or how many times you may fail,\u00a0if\u00a0you trust yourself and love\u00a0what\u00a0you are doing,\u00a0it will all be worth it.<\/p>\n

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Follow Zahra<\/a> on Twitter<\/p>\n

Follow Mahjabeen<\/a> on Twitter<\/p>\n

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