The future direction for research in laboratory medicine is less obvious now than it has been at any time since its inception. Yet we collect a wealth of clinical information that few others in healthcare can either access or understand. We, as a group, are also hard-wired to be able to interrogate and extract clinically meaningful conclusions from this data. This session gives a few examples of how anyone can use vertical or lateral thinking to benefit the patients we help look after.
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Eric Kilpatrick
Professor Eric Kilpatrick is a Consultant in Chemical Pathology at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. He is also an Honorary Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at Hull York Medical School and was Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. He has previously been Division Chief for Clinical Biochemistry at Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar, and a Consultant in Chemical Pathology at both Manchester Royal Infirmary and Hull Royal Infirmary. He is a past President of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (ACB) and previous Chair of the Science Committee of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). He has a long-standing research interest in laboratory medicine and diabetes and has published over 200 papers on these and other topics.
