Speakers
Katharine Hayden
Plenary
Chairs: Katherine Hayden, Tricia Ravalico
Speakers: Three honorary speakers (to be announced at the event) will also be presenting their global best practices from the 2025 UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence awards.
The UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence awards are distinguished, global honors to healthcare teams who have made a measurably impact to patients, payors, clinicians and health systems. All applicants MUST be free from industry bias for award eligiblity and must involve laboratory medicine. More details about the sward program can be found at www.UNIVANTSHCE.com. This symposia is being reserved to allow the top winning sites to present their scientific findings and outcomes. The top sites are determined by judge representatives designated by all non-industry partner organizations (ie, IFCC, ADLM, Modern Healthcare, EHMA, IHE and HIMSS).
Kath Hayden is a Consultant Clinical Biochemist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester.
Following training in South Manchester, Kath has held posts in hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool over a 35 year period, overseeing significant advances in analytical technologies, point of care testing (POCT) and harmonisation of laboratories. With specialist interests in endocrinology, POCT, leadership and service improvement, her latest roles have been as Clinical Head of Division for Laboratory Medicine at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Lead Healthcare Scientist, Clinical Director for Laboratory Medicine and Head of Service for Clinical Biochemistry at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Tricia Ravalico is founder and executive lead of the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence Program, a prestigious global award program that was developed to recognize, amplify and inspire best practices in healthcare transformation. She also leads Global Scientific Leadership at Abbott with responsibilities that include cultivation of scientific partnerships, collaborations, and the development of global education strategies across congresses and healthcare disciplines.
Tricia serves on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC), is also a liaison to the IFCC Task Force for Corporate Members where she has also served as chair for 4 years. She was formerly a board member of the IFCC Publications and Communications Division for 6 years, and has actively supported multiple IFCC programs for over a decade including the IFCC Committee for the Clinical Application of Cardiac Bio-Markers (CCB).
Over the course of her 28-year career in core diagnostics, she has held multiple leadership positions in Research and Development, Scientific Affairs, Medical Affairs, Global Marketing and Education.