LabMed Northern Ireland Regional Scientific Meeting 

Agenda

9.00am Registration and refreshments 

Session 1 - Chair: Kathryn Ryan (ALM NI Chair; Consultant Chemical Pathologist, SEHSCT) 

9.30  Welcome from ALM NI Chair. Kathryn Ryan 

9.35  Antibiotic-resistant bacteria hide inside human cells, Miguel Valvano (Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, QUB)

10.05  What’s new in point of care testing? Jenny Hamilton (Consultant Clinical Scientist, SHSCT) 

10.35  Epigenetics in myeloproliferative neoplasia, Graeme Greenfield (Academic Clinical Lecturer in Haematology, QUB) 

11.05 Coffee and networking 

11.30 Artificial intelligence in healthcare: opportunities and pitfalls, Gareth Lewis (Consultant Physician, NHSCT) 

12.00 Cardiac biomarkers: an update, Paul Collinson (Professor of Cardiovascular Biomarkers, St George’s University of London) 

12.30 Lunch 

Session 2 - Chair: Dr Amy Wotherspoon (Clinical Scientist, BHSCT) 

13.30  How to get published. Phillip Monaghan (Consultant Clinical Scientist, The Christie Pathology Partnership, Manchester; co-Editor-in-Chief of The Annals of Clinical Biochemistry) 

14.00  Standardising lipid testing and reporting, Julia Kenkre (Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Imperial College London) 

14.30 Clinical biochemistry in Scotland: lessons for Northern Ireland and beyond? Giles Aldworth (Consultant Chemical Pathologist, WHSCT)

15.00 Coffee and networking 

15.30  Trainee presentations, three abstracts submitted by trainees will be presented with a prize being awarded to the best

16.30 Closing remarks, Kathryn Ryan 

If the event becomes over-subscribed, priority will be given to members of the NI region