Phil is the service lead for SCMD and has been a registered clinical scientist for nearly 20 years, applying the latest developments in molecular diagnostics across a range of service areas including microbiology, virology, clinical & forensic genetics and most recently molecular pathology.

Phil has overseen the launch and growth of the Next Generation Sequencing based tumour profiling service and the transfer of the business from UCL to HCA in 2016. With an increase in investment and resources arising from this transfer, Phil is now tasked with further expanding the business, both with regards to consolidation of existing service lines and the development of new ones.

A keen skier, canoeist and mountain biking, many of these hobbies have unfortunately been on the back burner since children arrived on the scene, but he still manages to find time to fit in some scuba diving both in the UK and further afield.

Carolina has a PhD in Molecular Biology and more than ten years of experience in genomics, computational biology and molecular biology. She began her postdoctoral career at Queen Mary University of London, applying Next Generation Sequencing to study transcriptional, genetic and epigenetic processes, which are frequently deregulated in cancer.

She next worked for five years at Imperial College London, conducting research on breast cancer, where she made contributions to the identification of mechanisms of therapy resistance in metastatic breast cancer. A relatively new member to our team,  joining in July 2021, Carolina will be applying her extensive experience to our continuous service development commitment, constantly working to improve what we already offer, whilst also bringing new entirely solutions online as clinical needs evolve.

Outside work, Carolina enjoys playing classical music on the violin, being outdoors and playing tennis.

After graduating from the University of Hull, Ben joined Sheffield Teaching Hospitals as a trainee Biomedical Scientist. There he found his interests lay in solid tissue laboratory sciences. Qualifying in 2007, he moved to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and gained experience of clinical immunohistochemistry. He subsequently did a part-time MSc in Cellular Pathology, with a project centred on acquired mutations in cancer.

Since joining our team, Ben has been the interface between solid tissue pathology and molecular genetics, relying on his laboratory experience in both disciplines. He’s now continuing and expanding this role.

Ben is a motorcyclist, guitarist, and keen chef. A home brewer of craft beers, he can often be found conducting thorough research for his next recipe.

Kevin has a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a PhD in Evolutionary Genetics. He held a research position at Imperial College, examining genetic diversity in soil bacteria, and has worked in a large data centre supporting server configuration and deployment.

He writes and maintains the informatics pipelines and IT systems that handle the vast amounts of data involved in genetic analysis. He has expanded existing pipelines to bring additional information into our reports, and has overseen construction of a new information management system.

Outside work, Kevin enjoys gaming, reading, and rambling. He volunteers running a Code Club at his local library, helping children learn to write computer programs.