Meet Angela Kumari - Senior Biomedical Scientist

Explain what your job entails?  

Looking for metabolic disorders using different sample types. Analysing dried blood spots, looking for newborn screening disorders, of which some are rare.  A lot of new moms will know these samples as being the 5-day heel prick that midwives take. 

Why did you choose your career?

I had a keen interest in science and wanted to pursue a career in a hospital other than nursing.

What do you love about your job?

Very rewarding, knowing that I am contributing (no matter how small) in helping little babies and children.

Let us know something that a lot of people don’t know about your job?

A lot of people may think that lab work is very mu ch automated.  This is true, however, we also have many assays and tests that are very manual, which require a lot of time, effort and skill.