Meet our members

Joshua Travers is a Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry. He works at Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals with senior responsibility for the automated section, send away service and training.  

Aonat Raji is a Biomedical Scientist who specialises in Biochemistry. She works at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust in the Clinical Pathology Service providing analytical services. 

Amy Sanders is a Senior Biomedical Scientist who works in Haematology and Transfusion Science at Frimley Park Hospital

Consultant Clinical Biochemist Dr Allison Chipchase gives a guided tour of the Eastern Pathology Alliance laboratories.

Phil Cummings, Training Manager, and Herbert Tsuro, Project Lead, give a guided tour of blood transfusion laboratories in Leeds.

Alix Costello gives a guided tour of the laboratory facilities at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Panagiotis Pantelidis gives a guided tour of Infection and Immunity Sciences at North West London Pathology.

Michelle Lineham, Deputy Team Lead and Biomedical Scientist, gives a guided tour of her lab at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

Biomedical Scientist Team Leader Liam Morrissey gives a guided tour of blood sciences at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Dave Goldsmith gives a guided tour of his “lab” – 213,564 square km of jungles intersected by winding rivers and swamps.

Laboratory Manager Kim Finlayson gives a guided tour of the laboratory facilities on the Falkland Islands.

Joanne Watkins, Senior Biomedical Scientist and Deputy Head of Pathogen Genomics Unit, gives a guided tour of her laboratory in Cardiff.

Associate Practitioner Hayley Pincott gives a guided tour of her oral pathology lab, based at the University Dental Hospital in Cardiff.

Azuma Kalu and Dean Tazzyman give a guided tour of the toxicology laboratory at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Jordan Moir gives a guided tour of the blood manufacturing facilities at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

Chief Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry Charlie Houston gives a guided tour of Chemical Pathology at Noble’s Hospital on the Isle of Man.

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Phil Cummings gives a guided tour of the laboratories at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Kinjal Patel, Advanced Practitioner in Histological Dissection, gives a guided tour of her lab at Charing Cross Hospital.

Biomedical Scientist Kristopher Kelly gives a guided tour of the donor testing laboratory at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

Patrick Simms, a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Biochemistry, gives a guided tour of the pathology labs in Weston.

Deputy Quality Manager Richard Lovie gives a guided tour of the laboratories at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Biomedical Scientist Team Manager Tahmina Hussain gives a guided tour of her laboratory at The Christie Pathology Partnership in Manchester.

Leslie Ramos, Cellular Pathology Quality Manager, gives a guided tour of her lab and talks through a recent virtual UKAS assessment.

Lynnette Garrett, Laboratory Medicine Quality Manager, gives a guided tour of the services at Swansea Bay University Health Board.

Maryam Shaikh gives a guided tour of her laboratory at The Royal London Hospital.

Ian Davies, Healthcare Science Course Leader at Staffordshire University, gives a guided tour of the campus facilities.

Forensic Scientist David W Jones gives a guided tour of Eurofins Forensic Services.

Healthcare Scientist Liam Oates gives a guided tour of the Welsh Transplantation and Immunogenetics Laboratory.

Healthcare Scientist Specialist Agatha Christie Santos Saez gives a guided tour of her UK NEQAS Parasitology laboratory.

Rizwan Shakir gives a guided tour of his laboratory at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Daniel Weiand, Consultant Microbiologist and Educational Lead, gives a guided tour of his laboratory in Newcastle.

Biomedical Scientist Joanna Kronda gives a guide tour of her Public Health Wales mycology reference laboratory.

Senior Biomedical Scientist and Pathology Research Coordinator Holly Neill gives a guided tour of her laboratory.

Trainee Specialist Biomedical Scientist Megan Clarkson gives a guided tour of her laboratory at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

Immunology Manager and Pathology Training Lead Matthew Smith gives a guided tour of his lab at the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Clinical Scientist and Molecular Pathology Lead Siobhan Taylor gives a guided tour of the laboratory at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Deputy Manager of Microbiology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Francis Yongblah, gives a guided tour of his lab.

Consultant Cellular Pathologist Paul Cross gives a guided tour of his lab at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Cytology Manager Kay Ellis gives a guided tour of her department at Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Biomedical Scientist Danny Gaskin gives a guided tour of his blood sciences lab at Furness General Hospital.

IBMS Gibraltar Branch Secretary Norbert Sene gives a guided tour of the Pathology Department at Saint Bernard’s Hospital in Gibraltar.

Professional Manager for Quality and Training, Mairiead MacLennan, gives a guided tour of her microbiology lab in Fife, Scotland.

Valerie Bocker, Specialist Biomedical Scientist from NHS Lothian, writes about the dedication of laboratory staff when snow struck.

Ruth Riisnaes gives a guided tour of her lab at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton.

Specialist Biomedical Scientist Bamidele Farinre gives a guided tour of her paediatric lab at the children’s hospital.

Specialist Transfusion Practitioner Michaela Lewin gives a guided tour of her lab at the cardiothoracic hospital in Papworth.

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of services across East and North Birmingham, South Staffordshire, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull.

Simon Rattenbury, Head of Infection Sciences for Health Services Laboratories, gives a guided tour of his labs.

Sharon Forrest, Immunocytochemistry and Molecular Pathology Services Manager, gives a tour of her lab at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

Dr Chris Chase, Pathology Training Manager, celebrates the Pathology Lab at Hull Royal Infirmary’s part in welcoming everyone to the City of Culture.

Major Gary Fitchett gives a guided tour of his military lab and talks through the unique challenges of working in the field.

Dawn Alderson gives a guided tour of her veterinary disease surveillance lab, which is “similar to a hospital pathology laboratory”, but with more species to consider.

Dr Guy Orchard gives a guided tour of his lab, which provides a diagnostic histopathology and dermatopathology service for Viapath within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.