Extraordinary You
Britains healthcare scientists play an extraordinary role, interacting with patients and going that extra mile to improve their health and overall wellbeing.
Explore the links below to find out more about what it is like to be part of the healthcare science workforce in the UK from those who do it every day.
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Hannah Marsden - Clinical Embryology
Some people think of science as technical, dry as dust even. Hannah Marsden’s science takes her for a…
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Christie McComb - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Christie McComb works at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. Her job involves both research and…
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Pritee Ruparelia - Neurophysiology
Pritee Ruparelia uses her science to help diagnose problems with brain function or nerve disorders. Whilst ECGs measure…
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Tabinda Rashid-Fadel - Cardiac Physiology
Tabinda Rashid-Fadel was thinking about a career in a hospital lab when her father died very suddenly from…
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Dr Peter Marsden - Radiation Protection & Monitoring
University College Hospital in London is a leading centre for research, particularly in imaging. It means that Peter…
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Tom Collins - Biomechanical Engineering
Tom Collins works with peope with walking problems, using his engineering skills to help understand the exact nature…
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Aidan Laverty - Sleep Physiology
Aidan Laverty uses his computing skills to help children get a better night’s rest. And his job as…
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Nuthar Jassam - Clinical Biochemistry
Science came naturally to Nuthar at school and after a chemistry degree in her native United Arab Emirates,…
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James Lowell - Anatomical Pathology
“When I tell people what I do there are one of two reactions. Either they go all quiet…
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Matt Rutter - Respiratory Physiology
Matt Rutter was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was 15. A bone marrow transplant saved his life but…
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Joanne Marchant - Phlebotomy
Joanne Marchant works in the community as well as in hospital, managing a team of nearly 50 phlebotomists…
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Peter Evans - Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Peter loves his job. He is a maxillofacial prosthetist - someone who rebuilds faces with prosthetics for people…
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Alyte Podvoiskis - Clinical Engineering
Alyte is one of a small but critically important band of scientists who literally make the NHS work.…