Role
As part of the Practice Development Team, Sheri Scott is a senior lecturer in Biomedical Science and course leader for the BSc Applied Biomedical Science (https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/science-and-technology/app/level-6-healthcare-science-practitioner-degree-apprenticeship).
Sheri is module leader and lecturer for the apprenticeship Professional Practice and Clinical Biochemistry undergraduate modules and postgraduate Clinical Chemistry modules. She also provides practice based experience to the undergraduate research project module. As a Chartered Scientist and registered HCPC Biomedical Scientist professional (https://www.hcpc-uk.org), Sheri is an active fellow and council member of the Institute of Biomedical Science (https://www.ibms.org/home/).
Alongside her teaching role, Sheri works on practice-focussed projects and innovations as well as facilitating the professional development of the students. Sheri is a key point of contact and advisor for NHS employers and works with them on course development, placement provision for our IBMS accredited FT BSc Biomedical Science course and the delivery of the Degree Apprenticeship and professional training. Sheri’s contribution to professional activities and strong links with local hospitals provide continued professional insight into supporting students within Biosciences.
Sheri's internal activities include membership of the Technicians Commitment Steering Group (https://www.ntu.ac.uk/jobs/working-at-ntu/technician-commitment#:~:text=The%20Technician%20Commitment%20is%20a,Technicians%20Make%20It%20Happen%20campaign) , the Sustainable Development Academic Forum (SDAF) and the TILT Work-Based & Vocational Education Practice & Scholarship Group, Sheri also leads the Healthcare Collaborative Partnership Group which is working towards collaborative teaching between schools, for NTU's professional healthcare students. The group has recently hosted its first healthcare interprofessional symposium for students, staff and healthcare professionals.
Sheri is an advocate for both continual professional development and sustainability and it is within this capacity that she leads Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Biosciences.
Career overview
Having joined academia in January 2018, Sheri’s career began at Nottingham City Hospital as a Biomedical Scientist striving to deliver accurate and timely results for patients. Her career evolved to include managing and delivering pre and post registration training as Training Lead within the Blood Sciences department at Royal Derby Hospital and finally leading a team of professionals as a Senior Biomedical Scientist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham; totalling over twenty-one years of Clinical Biochemistry experience in NHS laboratories. In is during the course of her career that she has developed a number of roles on behalf of her PSRB the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) (https://www.ibms.org/home/).
Research areas
Sheri's research focus is the evolving diagnosis in Clinical Chemistry, educational development of healthcare laboratory professionals and laboratory sustainability. She supports both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in these areas.
External activity
Sheri has a myriad of activities relating to her professional practice. She routinely reviews articles for the British Journal of Biomedical Science and represents the Institute of Biomedical Science ( https://www.ibms.org/home/) at local and national events.
Her other IBMS roles include Clinical Biochemistry advisory panel and Council member, representative for Biomedical Science degree courses accreditation assessments and the local continuing professional development officer. She is actively involved across all levels of IBMS qualifications including her role as Chief Examiner of the Higher Specialist Diploma, and verifier/assessor for the IBMS registration and specialist portfolios.
In addition to her IBMS activities, she is an assessor for the Science Council https://sciencecouncil.org/) and an ambassador for the national STEM ambassador programme (https://www.stem.org.uk/stem-ambassadors), promoting careers in science in schools.
Sheri holds two external academic appointments as External Examiner for Coventry and Sunderland universities.
Her international activities include; membership of The International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science (IFBLS) scientific network of experts, 11th Emirates Pathology & Digital Pathology Utilitarian Conference Speaker and collaborative partnerships with both UCL and the My Green Lab organisation.
Sheri 'is leading the development of a clinical laboratory sustainable network with Centres for Sustainable Healthcare (https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/) and she has recently joined the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine as a core member of their 'Green Lab' Taskforce. (https://www.eflm.eu/upload/docs/EFLM-TF-Green-Labs-update.pdf). The aim of the taskforce is to transform clinical laboratories into a safe and sustainable spaces by decreasing their deleterious environmental impact and implementing efficient everyday actions in laboratories, and taking steps to minimize energy, water, and hazardous chemical use, as well as waste generation without compromising the quality of healthcare. EFLM will lead the laboratory medicine community for the shift to carbon neutrality in line with the European Green Deal (EGD).
Publications
Article publications
- Scott, S. (2022) Embedding education into clinical laboratory professional training to foster sustainable development and greener practice. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2022-1152
- Gammie, A., Lopez, J. and Scott, S. (2022) Imperative: reducing the environmental impact of clinical laboratories. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2022-1052
Book Publications
- Ozben, T., Scott, S., Rampi, V., Gruson, D., Gammie, A., Lopez, J., Marques, M., Brennan, W., Jovicnic, S., Sagin, F. and Stankovic, S., 2022. EFLM guidelines for green and sustainable medical laboratories. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366138137_EFLM-GREEN-LAB-BOOKLET
Reviews
- Chemical strategies for sustainable medical laboratories Reviewed: December 2022 for the Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
- Digital transformation and sustainability in healthcare and clinical laboratories. Reviewed: November 2022 for the Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
- Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT): sources of result variation based on three years of routine testing of symptomatic patients in English primary care Reviewed: Feb 2021 for British Journal of Biomedical Science
- Leukocytosis induced by tigecycline in two patients with severe acute pancreatitis Reviewed: Jan 2021 for British Journal of Biomedical Science Association
- Between SLCO1B1 Gene Polymorphism Distribution Frequency and Blood Lipid Level in Chinese Adults Reviewed: Jun 2020 for British Journal of Biomedical Science Correlation
- The Peripheral Blood Expression of Lipoic Acid Synthase Gene as an Early Marker for Diabetic Nephropathy Reviewed: Jan 2020 for Journal of Biomedical Science
- Non- Invasive Markers for Identifying Esophageal Varices (EV) in Children with Cirrhosis Reviewed: May 2019 for British Journal of Biomedical Science
- Evaluation and Comparison the Diagnostic Performance of Several Non-invasive Markers in Predicting Liver Fibrosis of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Reviewed: Mar 2019 for British Journal of Biomedical Science
- Diagnostic Model Combined Α- Fetoprotein, Midkine, Thioredoxin and Serum Metabolite for Predicting Hepatocellular Carcinoma Reviewed: Aug 2018 for British Journal of Biomedical Science
- Serum Leptin and Homeostasis Model Assessment-IR as a Novel Predictor of Early Liver Fibrosis Among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Aug 2018 for British Journal of Biomedical Science
Professional Activity – conferences/workshops
- Scott S. 23rd December 2022. Laboratory Sustainability – How to embed sustainable practices into the healthcare laboratory: 12th Emirates Pathology & Digital Pathology Utilitarian Conference
- Scott. S. 09th November 2022. Embedding Sustainability into Clinical Laboratory Education. UKLABMED22 – Session: How can the laboratory medicine profession contribute to Net Zero? https://www.acb.org.uk/ukmedlab22/speakers.html
- Scott. S. 27th October 2022 Invited Case Examples of Laboratory Sustainability from Clinical and Research Practice. 33th National Biochemistry Congress & 2022 International Biochemistry Congress. https://www.biyokimyakongresi.org/en/34/349/0/sheri-scott.html
- Scott. S. 20th September 2022 Embedding Sustainability in the clinical laboratory - partnerships, POCT and GIRFT. POCT Innovations Conference.
- https://www.pathologyinpractice.com/story/40442/back-with-a-buzz-point-of-care-innovations-event-returns
- Scott. S. 13th July 2022. Professional development workshop - Brackenhurst.
- Scott, S. 21st June 2022. Using Teams to facilitate employer communication, apprentice student progress monitoring and training quality’ NTU TILT conference
- https://www.ntu.ac.uk/c/tilt/ALTC/tilt-altc-2022
- Scott, S. 31st May 2022. Laboratory Sustainability. IBMS NI Branch CPD seminar.
- https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/XX/Unknown/198839884263783/IBMS-Northern-Ireland-Branch
- Scott, S. 26th May 2022. Embedding Sustainability into Clinical Laboratory Practice. 3rd EFLM Strategic Conference. https://eflmstrategicconference.org/programme/
- Scott, S. 25th May 2022. Using Teams to facilitate employer communication, apprentice student progress monitoring and training quality. NTU FOLG Symposium.
- https://www.ntu.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/1719851/3rd-FOLG-Symposium-Programme.pdf
- Scott, S. 18th May 2022. Professional Development Beyond the Lab. The Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. https://www.scientificlaboratoryshow.co.uk/speakers
- Scott, S. 11th May 2022. Keynote: Flying the flag for apprenticeships – why everyone benefits. The national degree apprenticeships conference 2022. https://www.governmentevents.co.uk/nda22/
- Scott, S. 10th May 2022. How to embed sustainable practices into the healthcare laboratory. 11th Emirates Pathology & Digital Pathology Utilitarian Conference.
- Scott, S. 5th May 2022. NTU Right First Time Together Symposium. Organiser and Chair. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/right-first-time-together-22-tickets-311875055687
- Scott. S., Pearse.C., 15th March 2022. Flying the flag for degree apprenticeships - why everyone benefits IBMS International Congress 2022 https://congress.ibms.org/ibms-congress-2022/programme/support-staff-programme.html
- Scott, S. 15th March 2022. Placements - the what, why and how of the trainee biomedical scientist placement IBMS. .https://congress.ibms.org/student-congress/speakers.html
- Scott, S. 4th November 2021. Professional Development Beyond the Lab. Lab Innovations.
- Scott, S. 29th September 2021. CPD and Professional Development staff workshop
- Scott, S. 15th September 2021. IBMS assessors and verifiers Training workshop
- Scott, S. 09th June 2020. Technicians CPD and professional registration workshop.
Professional outputs – publications (other)
- Scott. S. (2022) Clinical laboratory sustainability: an evolving picture. The Biomedical Scientist magazine. IBMS.
- Scott. S. (2022) The future of biomedical science education. Pathology in Practice magazine.
- Scott. S. (2022) On the Night Shift. The Biomedical Scientist (IBMS)
- Scott. S. (2022) Cortisol and Night Shifts. The Biomedical Scientist (IBMS)
- Scott. S. (2021) GOING GREEN The Biomedical Scientist (IBMS)
Media Outputs
- Scott. S. (2022) Lab sustainability and education for sustainable development – webinar
- Scott. S., Davies. I., Burt. B.(2022) Keeping up with CPD: Registration with the Science Council. IBMS Twitter Spaces recording #IBMSChat
- Scott. S. (2022) Paving the way to Greener Labs’ IBMS Twitter Spaces recording #IBMSChat
- Scott. S. Farley. M., (2021) Institute of Biomedical Science Sustainability Podcast