After graduating with a BSc in Infection and Immunity from Aston university in 2014, I went to work in a pharmaceutical quality control testing laboratory. Here, I gained experience of working to GMP standards in a UKAS accredited laboratory.

I then moved to a more clinical environment when I went to work for Public Health England in microbiology laboratory at Addenbrookes Hospital where I processed human clinical samples on a large scale. After travelling in Australia and New Zealand for 6 months I completed an MSc in Clinical and Molecular Microbiology at Nottingham University, which eventually led me to joining Quadram Institute in 2018.

For my first four years at the Quadram Institute I worked predominantly on two longitudinal human studies, contributing to the planning, set-up and daily organisation of the studies. Through this, I gained experience in the study start-up process, GCP, taking informed consent, participant facing activities, and the laboratory processing and logging of human samples.

Now, as part of the Human Studies Team, I continue to apply this experience to support the initiation of new human studies coming out of Quadram Institute.

Education and training

• Bachelor of Science in Infestion and Immunity – Aston University, Birmingham
• Maste of Science in Clinical and Molecular Microbiology – The University of Nottingham

Responsibilities

• Supporting and assisting with the set-up of human studies and the daily organisation of human studies
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team including members from NNUH and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility
• Processing of human samples collected from study participants i.e DNA extraction, flow cytometry, wet weight
• Participant facing activities – study visits, participant phone calls, taking informed consent
• Co-ordinator and chair for patient and participant involvement activities at Quadram Institute