Bio Chemistry PhD Postgraduate, Rosemarie Gough, has studied at Kent for over five years and is reaching the completion of her PhD.

Alongside this, Rosie is going out of her way to help others by raising money for the charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK after her boyfriend was taken ill by the disease and required multiple surgeries as a result.

Rosie will be taking part in the Kent half marathon this April as part of a fundraising campaign in aid of the charity via her JustGiving page and is looking for donations from other students to help smash her fundraising goals.

Crohn’s disease is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (not the same as IBS) and is still fairly unheard of amongst many of the public. Lack of research and publicity means many people stay undiagnosed and suffer in silence and fear due to embarrassment of their symptoms. Crohn’s and Colitis UK is a national charity in the battle against Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, who are fighting to achieve a better quality of life for the 300,000 people in the UK suffering physically and emotionally from Crohn’s.