Yvonne Daniel PhD

Yvonne Daniel is a chartered and state-registered Biomedical Scientist based at Viapath, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital site, London. She has worked in laboratories in both New Zealand, where she completed her training, and the UK. Yvonne moved to Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital in 1995 to take charge of the Red Cell and Immunophenotyping laboratories.

Her experience encompasses both protein and molecular-based diagnostic techniques for red and white cell investigations. She gained her Ph.D. in 2010 from King's College London which described the development of a highly sensitive and specific method of screening for hemoglobinopathies using mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry. This method is now in use in Wales for newborn screening and is being piloted in England.

She is involved in training as a regular guest lecturer on a national and international level. In addition to her diagnostic role, she is seconded as a scientific advisor to the NHS Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Screening Programme.

She is also currently involved as a scientific advisor to projects implementing hemoglobinopathy screening in Nigeria, where she has led the technical implementation, policy formation for interpretative and reporting algorithms, quality process, and training.