EMMA WALKER
DEQAS Organiser
Dr Emma Walker is a Consultant Clinical Scientist at North West London Pathology and is also the Trust Lead Healthcare Scientist for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Emma has a Masters in Clinical Biochemistry, a PhD in Molecular Pathology and holds FRCPath. In her clinical role, Emma is responsible for the specialist endocrine services, including several Supra Regional Assay (SAS) accredited endocrine assays. She is currently leading on a number of initiatives to streamline and automate the steroid hormones service in the LC-MS/MS laboratory.
Emma is also the scheme organiser for the International Vitamin D EQA Scheme based at Charing Cross hospital. Emma has been organisational Lead Healthcare Scientist for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust since 2016, providing professional leadership for the 1200 strong healthcare science workforce across the Trust. In this role she is working to raise the profile of healthcare science both within the Trust and beyond.
GEORGIA HACKNEY
DEQAS Administrator
Georgia Hackney is is a clinical scientist at North West London Pathology, hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Georgia has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Liverpool, an MSc in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Glasgow and an MSc (Med Sci) in Clinical Biochemistry from the University of Manchester.
Georgia works as a DEQAS administrator, supporting and managing the day to day tasks of the Vitamin D EQA Scheme. Georgia also works within the specialist endocrine and specialist proteins sections of the service and regularly acts as the duty biochemist for North West London Pathology.
ALEX SHAW
DEQAS Administrator
Alex Shaw is a clinical scientist at North West London Pathology, hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Alex has obtained a BSc in Biomedical Sciences and an MRES in Advanced Biological Sciences both from the University of Southampton, an MSc in Clinical Biochemistry from the University of Manchester, and has passed Part 1 of FRCPath.
In his clinical role, Alex works in the specialist endocrine and LC-MS/MS sections, regularly works as duty biochemist and a DEQAS administrator, supporting a wide array of departments.
NAVINDI SAMARAWEERA
DEQAS Assistant
Navindi Samaraweera is an associate practitioner at North West London Pathology, hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Navindi has a BSc in Medical Biotechnology (International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and an MSc in Microbiology (Northumbria University, Newcastle).
Her duties are divided between DEQAS and other specialist chemistry laboratories within North West London Pathology.