Speakers
Emma Stevenson
Biochemistry training day
The afternoon sessions will be more clinical, focusing on interpretation of specialist test results, including CSF xanthochromia and special proteins. The structure of the workshop will be a mixture of teaching and examples for delegates to work through. The aim is to develop interpretative skills in assays that trainees may not routinely be exposed to, and is ideal for those in training or studying for exams.
Chair: Emma Stevenson
13.30 Subarachnoid haemorrhage and xanthochromia - Sally Hanton
Emma is a principal clinical scientist based in the clinical biochemistry laboratories at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is Chair of the LabMed Education Group and Deputy Director of Education, Training and Workforce. Outside of education and training, Emma’s main interest in the laboratory is quality, including EQA, IQC and measurement uncertainty. Emma is a member of the RCPath’s Chemical Pathology National Quality Assurance Panel, which oversees the running of EQA schemes in biochemistry.
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Sally is a Principal Clinical Scientist in Neurobiochemistry and Neuroimmunology, working in the Neuroscience Laboratories at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool. On completion of her BSc in Biochemistry, Sally undertook a PhD and several years of postdoctoral work researching intracellular protein transport. She then went on to train as a clinical scientist in Liverpool, and has worked in her current role since 2016.
Sally’s interests include therapeutic drug monitoring and measurement of neurologically relevant metabolites using UPLC-MS/MS, as well as the development of methods to detect potential novel autoantibodies.
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