IBMS Congress 2023

Andrew Turner

GP Liaison Service

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Alexandra Liversidge

Leeds Beckett University

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Wendy Leversuch

Head of Learning & Development, Health Services Laboratories LLP

Wendy is a Biomedical Scientist, initially specialising in Haematology & Blood Transfusion before moving into the field of education and training.

Wendy has worked as a training officer in the laboratory, as the Deputy Head of Education at the IBMS before moving to Sonic Healthcare UK which provides pathology services across 20 sites to both the NHS and private sector as the Head of Learning and Development.

Wendy’s current area of interest is in how the use of e-learning can be used to support laboratory training. A recent example was the successful use of instructional videos as part of a training program for staff recruited to work in the new Covid-19 surge lab.

: @leversuch

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Steve Singer

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

No bio provided

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Chris Elliott

Lead Scientist – Transfusion, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Chris started working in London in 1984 moving through a succession of transfusion and transplantation posts within the capital before moving to the North of England to manage transfusion at Middlesbrough and then later Leeds and Bradford hospitals. Since moving back to Middlesbrough he has been Blood Bank Manager and then overall Haematology Services Manager.

Chris has recently returned to a more scientific and clinical role supporting the medical and scientific teams in the provision and development of transfusion services and Patient Blood Management across the trust while also retaining the responsibilities of a Blood Bank Manager. 

Chris has sat on several national steering committees (e.g. UKNEQAS) and continues to sit on a number of BCSH national guideline writing committees. He is currently the chair of the IBMS specialist advisory panel for transfusion and sit on the UK National Blood Transfusion Committee and also the MHRA Blood Consultative Committee.

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Sarah May

Deputy Chief Executive, Institute of Biomedical Science

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Denise Cook

Synnovis LLP

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Ashleigh Batchen

BIVDA

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Sue Alexander MSc MSc MBA CSci FIBMS CBiol FRSB MIHM MCQI CQP

Principal Biomedical Scientist and Pathology Services Manager, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Sue is the Principal Biomedical Scientist and Pathology Services Manager at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. As a microbiologist by training her first management post was in microbiology at Great Ormond Children’s Hospital. She has a long interest in continuing personal and professional development and in encouraging others to study.

Sue has become involved in educational and teaching activities over time working with different universities and also developing MSc courses. She took a lead in developing leadership and management qualifications for the IBMS  as these are skills that are essential for ensuring the smooth running of services and for working in the increasingly commercialised and pressurised Pathology world.

Sue launched the Higher Specialist Diploma in Management and Leadership at Congress in 2009 and the CEP for Leadership and management in 2013. She completed her MBA in 2014 and applies her learning from this and the Certificate of Management to her day-to-day role and broader roles. She is a technical assessor in Microbiology for ISO 15189:2012 and a member of the UKAS PAC and was on the small team working with the Department for Education on the national programme to develop T level qualifications which are technical equivalents of A levels, on the Science theme. 

Sue is an active STEMNet ambassador and the member of a group which organises an annual Schools Science Conference, this year held virtually. This welcomes several hundred students each year and has been awarded CSO Awards and the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services (MBE for voluntary sector) as a result. 

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