Karen Kempsell,
Senior Project Team Leader
Dr Karen Kempsell is an established senior scientist in the areas of microbial genetics & pathogenesis, immunopathology and diagnostics. She has an established track record in academic and industrial R&D and twenty three years of experience in the translational research and development area. She is currently the principle investigator/scientific lead of the diagnostics section of the Technology Development group at Public Health England Porton. She has extensive experience in microbiology, clinical infectious diseases, immunopathology, molecular and systems biology, bioinformatics, molecular and serological assay development and commercial diagnostic assay development and validation. She is invited speaker at scientific conferences on development of biomarker-based diagnostics. She manages external collaborations and relationships with key customers and stakeholders. She was the principle investigator on biomarker development programmes which led to patents for diagnostic biomarkers for human tuberculosis and sepsis.
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