At the time of applying for the scholarship, Kornelia was a final-year high school student with a strong interest in neuroscience and psychiatry. She had already achieved early academic success, including 1st place in the British Brain Bee neuroscience competition and 6th place globally in its international stage. She also completed work experience in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, where she was exposed to research on Alzheimer’s disease, as well as internships at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology. She was a recipient of several scholarships, including the Polish Scholarship Scheme, ADAMED SmartUP, and Our Future Foundation.
Kornelia is currently a student at the Medical University of Gdańsk, focusing her scientific and advocacy interests on women’s mental health. She leads the project “Taki Pani Urok,” which investigates menstrual health among Polish women and has received its first research funding. She completed an internship at the Karolinska Institutet in Women’s Mental Health Epidemiology, where she worked on the project “Parity and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Diagnosis: An Analysis of Primary and Secondary Care Data in Sweden.” In May, she will present her research at the WOMHER conference at Uppsala University, and during the summer she will continue her studies there on PND. Her academic work is currently under peer review in scientific journals.
Kornelia is also the co-founder and president of the association “Taki Pani Urok Association,” dedicated to raising awareness of women’s mental health disorders, particularly premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).