Reiltin Werner

CUH

Biography

Presentation Title: Implementation of an ISO15189 accredited Next Generation Sequencing service; The experience of a clinical diagnostic laboratory

Speaker Bio:

Réiltín has been working as a medical scientist in the Pathology department Cork University Hospital for over 20 years and lecturing on the UCC/MTU Biomed cellular pathology courses for the past 15 years. She has an MSc in Biomed from University of Ulster and an MSc in leadership and healthcare management from the RCSI. In 2015 she was appointed as Chief Medical Scientist with responsibility for developing an accredited regional molecular pathology service in Cork University Hospital, and in 2020 was tasked with the establishment of a Next Generation Sequencing service in the CUH diagnostic pathology laboratory. She is currently also pursuing a PhD in this field