Episode 3 - The new IBMS President Elect with Debra Padgett & Kip Heath

In the next outing of IBMS POD, we caught up with Debra Padgett – the IBMS’s new president-elect and infection sciences operational manager in North Cumbria. In the midst of a winter lockdown where a new, highly transmissible COVID-19 variant is challenging Biomedical Scientists more than ever, Debra sets out her aims and priorities for the year ahead as well how her team have adapted to maintain diagnostic services for patients. She also tells us all about her career journey to date and how she progressed to a senior level in the profession. In LabLife, Great Ormond Street Biomedical Scientist and Science comedian Kip Heath chats to Jordan about her stand-up shows, as well her experience volunteering in Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic. She also explains how her upcoming PhD project will help to fight Sepsis and combat AMR. Also features IBMS News- a round-up of all the latest headlines from the IBMS. Show Notes: IBMS News: • Debra Padgett announced as President-elect: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/announcing-our-new-president-elect-2021/ • Chief Executive Jill Rodney to retire: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/announcement-jill-rodney-is-retiring-as-ceo-at-ibms/ • Letter of support for Key Workers: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/letter-of-support-for-key-workers/ • Nominations open for Council Elections 2021: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-council-elections-2021/ LabLife: • Kip Heath – Stand Up for Healthcare Science! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNABuOAvaf0&ab_channel=KipHeath • PhD project: GOSH researchers funded to fight Sepsis https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-researchers-awarded-16000-to-tackle-amr/