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Philip Craddock-Jones is the Laboratory Manager for the Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, one of three dedicated children’s NHS Trusts in the UK.                             After graduating from Sheffield University, Philip started work as a Trainee MLSO in October 1998 in two hospital Trusts with a shared pathology service in the West of England. He moved back to Sheffield in October 2000 and commenced work in the Sheffield Children’s Hospital.         In June 2002, he was made a Senior BMS in the Inherited Metabolic Disease Section where he was involved in projects such as verifying new amino acid analysers. After two years, he moved into the Acute Section, with the additional responsibility for supervising BMS’ through their IBMS Registration and Specialist Portfolios. In April 2014, he was appointed Laboratory Manager for Clinical Chemistry. Management of the Haematology and Blood Bank laboratory became an addition to his role in August 2017.

Cecilia Scarponi is the Clinical Liaison for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Milan. After a few years in Molecular Genetics research, she joined Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to provide scientific support and expertise for Ortho’s Clinical Laboratory solution, with a main focus on Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, and Cancer. Internally she is closely working with Ortho’s Medical and Scientific Affairs Team and externally with leading experts in the respective domains to maximize the clinical value of Ortho’s assay menu.