President

LabMed welcomed our current President, Ian Godber, in 2025.

'I am extremely honoured and excited to be taking over as President of the Association for Laboratory Medicine.

LabMed has evolved in recent years, adapting to advancements within the profession to become a unique and powerful resource for clinical, scientific, and professional guidance for those working in Laboratory Medicine, setting values and standards we should be proud of.

I’m very proud of the work carried out by my predecessor Kath Hayden, and look forward to continuing this, facilitating the aims of the 5 year plan developed by the Association, its directors, committees and membership as a whole. 

In terms of my priorities during my term, I will continue to give Laboratory Medicine and Healthcare Science the voice it deserves. With collaboration between LabMed, RCPath and IBMS, we can address important issues as they arise and raise the profile of Laboratory Medicine and the people who work within it.

Education is extremely important to me, with many years of teaching, training and examining experience behind me. I will also continue to work closely with the committees of the Association to address inequalities in training and the availability of training materials. The Laboratory Medicine Learning Academy developed by LabMed is in its infancy but is already getting excellent feedback and we need to build on it’s success. 

Hosting EuroMedLab in London in 2027 also gives us a unique opportunity to showcase the work of Laboratory Medicine in the UK, and working with our members and colleagues in Europe and beyond we can deliver a groundbreaking meeting.

It’s really important that we now have a large number of new faces and enthusiastic members engaged with the activities of the Association and I’m really excited to see what the coming years bring; I’m I am looking forward to working with you during my term as President.'

- Ian Godber, President