Alumni profiles
Are you a SPARK graduate?
Tell us your cohort, your country and what you are working on now. We publish an alumni profile only with your consent.
Alumni
Graduate. Mentor. Lead. Knowledge stays local.
Top SPARK graduates return as team leads and mentors for the next cohort, so that knowledge stays local and the network sustains itself.
From trainee to trainer
A path that keeps climbing
Graduating is not the end of SPARK. Each step takes graduates further into teaching, mentoring and leading.
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Join
Apply and train in a team of clinicians, programmers and researchers.
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Graduate
Complete Teach, Try and Use: the foundational course, the hackathon and the practicum.
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Lead
Top graduates return as team leads and mentors for the next cohort.
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Advance
SPARK-NEXT is a one-year advanced impact and leadership track for top SPARK trainees.
Excellent SPARK graduates are retained for a one-year mentorship programme.
Graduate recognition
What graduates have gone on to earn
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7
AFRICAI mentorship awards
Seven SPARK graduates recognised with AFRICAI mentorship awards.
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2
UPenn MSE-D5 scholarships
Two SPARK graduates were awarded the UPenn Data Science scholarship in 2024.
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30
Conference travel awards
MICCAI and ISMRM awards to trainees and graduates to attend conferences.