LabMed launches podcast, Life in the lab

Life in the lab is a brand new 10 episode podcast from the Association for Laboratory Medicine. Each episode features discussions with clinical scientists and laboratory medics about their careers, passions, and unique work across the UK and the world. 

Our Director of Publications & Communications, Kam Chatha hosts each episode interviewing guests and finding out about what goes on in their Life in the lab. Our guests include:

• Katy Heaney, a lab leader who built a COVID testing team with washing-up bowls and determination
• Phil Monaghan, a biochemist who transformed cortisol testing for cancer care
• David Gaze, the heart scientist behind troponin’s rise in emergency medicine
• Tahir Pillay, a professor and DJ blending diagnostics and creativity
• Octavia Peck Palmer, a lab leader confronting racial bias in algorithms 
• Jyoti Shetye, the sustainability champion turning lab ops into green wins 
• Mayur Patel, a pathologist reshaping A&E through troponin and IT 
• Elaine Cloutman-Green, an infection control innovator tracking bugs from Great Ormond Street to West Africa
• Alex Lawson, a toxicologist flagging deadly drugs before headlines hit
• Beverly Hird, the newborn screening director ensuring every heel prick test matters

You can listen to all episodes on your favourite listening platform of by visiting our podcast page