Speakers

Emma Ford, Coaching4careers, UK

Emma works as an independent coach and facilitator in the area of personal, leadership and career development. Prior to this she worked in the Energy Industry for 16 years, latterly managing Graduate Selection in Europe for a multinational organisation, the tools and processes she developed were shared as best practice for experienced and MBA hire globally.

She has developed and delivered leadership and career management programmes and experiential skills workshops including team working, networking, presentations, careers, leadership of self and others. She coaches and works with globally based clients who work across the sectors. Her work includes designing and delivering workshops for PhD scientists at the Helmholtz Association in Germany.

Charlotte Griffiths, University Hospital Southampton, UK

Charlotte Griffiths is a newly qualified Radiotherapy Clinical Scientist working for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. She completed her undergraduate Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology MPhys degree with University of Portsmouth and post graduate Medical Physics MSc with University of Surrey before embarking on the STP training. The STP training consisted of work-based learning at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust as well as academic learning, completing a Clinical Science (Medical Physics) MSc with King’s College London.

Charlotte feels that working in Radiotherapy physics is an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling job as she knows that her work has a tangible, positive impact for patients. Radiotherapy Physics utilises concepts covered in many undergraduate Physics degrees such as particle interactions, detectors and radiation in a practical way.

Philip Marsden, Magnetic Shields Limited, UK

Phil Marsden received his PhD in 2001 from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, Southampton for work on electron spin relaxation in III-V semiconductors. His core interests lie in imaging and sensing, and their critical environments, specialising in the creation, design and application of physics and electronics to a range of industries from healthcare to heavy industry; from quantum technologies to nuclear decommissioning. Phil has been in the commercial world since 2005, initially developing imagers for the motion picture industry and subsequently in MedTech, most recently moving into high-precision sensing and shielding environments at Magnetic Shields Limited (MSL) in Staplehurst (Kent). He has expertise is the design of medical devices and medical device subsystems in regulated environments. Phil is currently the Research and Development Manager at MSL, leading a team of physicists and electronics engineers to design the next generation of active shielding devices for industry, medicine and academic research.

James Scuffham, Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK

James is a Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Nuclear Medicine Physics at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. James leads a team of medical physicists who provide scientific support to clinical nuclear medicine services both within the NHS and private sector.

James is passionate about delivering high-quality, cutting-edge diagnostic techniques and treatments to patients, and has led the introduction of numerous new clinical services, as well as being active in clinical and academic research.

James holds a joint appointment with the National Physical Laboratory. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey, where he lectures on the MSc Medical Physics course and co-supervises Masters and PhD projects.

Daniel Sinclair, Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK

Daniel Sinclair is a Nuclear Medicine Trainee Clinical Scientist approaching the end of his Scientist Training Programme (STP) experience at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. His training has included an MSc in Clinical Science (Medical Physics) at King’s College London. Before entering the STP, Daniel completed an undergraduate Physics BSc degree at the University of Surrey which involved an industrial placement year in Radiotherapy Physics.

Daniel deeply enjoys the hands-on aspects of working in Nuclear Medicine Physics and seeing the direct benefits it provides for patients. He has found that the STP to be excellent for transforming and further developing the skills and qualities he acquired over the course of his physics degree into valuable assets in a variety of healthcare environments.