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I work as a scientist at a hospital in Sheffield with lots of other scientists who are all fascinated by bones. We have bone scanners that use X-rays to show us how dense people’s bones are and a new, top of the range scanner that gives us a 3D picture of the bones in the wrist and ankle so we can see what people’s bones look like inside. All of the scientists I work with want to find new ways to help people keep their bones strong and healthy so that less people break their bones.

I think it’s important to get young people actively involved in science and getting hands on is the best way to do that. I would visit schools to run workshops to show how exciting being a bone scientist can be and how important it is that we have bone scientists to help keep people’s bones healthy . I would also set up an online resource so that students from all over the country could find out more about what we do as bone scientists.