Amanda Unsworth: Discovering Heart and Thrombosis Science at Be Curious
Amanda Unsworth, Researcher in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Lecturer at University of Leeds, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“How does the heart work? and what happens when blood gets sticky?
Key questions we were answering at this year’s Be Curious event at the University of Leeds!
With 3,000 tickets sold, Leeds Thrombosis Network and Leeds Heart Beats welcomed a steady stream of curious visitors throughout the day and helped them explore the fascinating world of cardiovascular biology and thrombosis!
Our visitors got stuck into a range of hands-on activities, including:
- Learning about different blood cells
- Building their own blood clot
- Completing our blood vessel tunnel challenge
- Exploring heart biology
- Practising lifesaving skills with CPR
Huge thanks to Siobhan B. and Samuel Owen for all your help with the organisation!
A big thank you to all of our volunteers (Julia Sandrin Gauer, Emily Horner, Matt H., Cédric Duval, Leander Stewart, Mariam Mubeen, Harshini Srinivasan) for helping us throughout the day!
We are also incredibly grateful for the funding and materials from The Platelet Society and the British Heart Foundation that meant we can run the event.
A huge thank you to everyone who visited and got involved your curiosity is what makes events like this so fun and special!
For anyone interested in running similar outreach and engagement activities, we have poster and sticker templates, and how to guides for all activities so please get in touch!”
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