Meet the team
Thank you for saying hello! If you'd like to chat with any of us, you can do so using hello@onedaytests.com
Thank you for saying hello! If you'd like to chat with any of us, you can do so using hello@onedaytests.com
MA MBBS MRCP(UK) MRCGP DRCOG DMCC PGCertCE
Dr. Adam Staten ensures our offerings are relevant, accurate and clinically valid.
Dr. Staten trained at Cambridge University and King's College London. After serving as a medical officer in the British Army, he returned to the NHS and is now an NHS GP and GP trainer. He has an interest in stress and burnout and has written several books on the subject. He is also the editor of a textbook used by GPs and family physicians all around the world.
Dr Staten is a firm believer in empowering patients to manage their own health and sees educating people about common health problems as the best way to achieve this.
Click here for Dr. Staten's specialist screening panels, such as Tired All the Time, Abdominal Pain or Aches and Pains panel.
MBChB MRCGP DRCOG PGCertCE
Dr. Mistry is part of our team of brilliant GPs and brings a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience to the team.
Dr. Mistry trained at the University of Birmingham and has worked in both the UK and Australia. He currently works as a GP at a busy NHS practice. He is interested in medical education and is a GP trainer. He has previously been the Clinical Director of a large Primary Care Network.
Dr Mistry is passionate about enhancing care for people by promoting healthy living and through patient education. Dr. Mistry's particular interests lie in lifestyle medicine, where he brings a tremendous amount of expertise to our panels such as the Healthy Lifestyle Blood Test and the general interpretation of lifestyle-related biomarkers.
MBBS MRCGP DFRSH
Dr. Mistry is part of our team of brilliant GPs and brings a wealth of clinical knowledge and experience to the team.
Dr Mike Forsythe is a GP and a sports doctor.
Mike trained at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical school and has worked in the UK and Australia.
He works in professional and amateur sport and has a particular interest in diagnosis and management of concussion. He is passionate about medical education, both in training fellow medical professionals and in empowering patients to take ownership of their health and wellbeing.
Dr. Forsythe brings considerable expertise to our panels such as the Ultimate Performance Blood Test and the general interpretation of lifestyle-related biomarkers.
HCPC Biomedical Scientist, IBMS.
Jehad has the overall responsibility for the quality and accuracy of the laboratory results that we provide as well as the regulatory aspect of the service.
Jehad is in charge of upholding ISO 15189 laboratory standards and quality controls, as well as External Quality Assurance schemes that our laboratories strictly adhere to.
Jehad has huge experience in the NHS serology and molecular laboratory settings, having worked at the Bedfordshire NHS foundation Trust, as well as leading private laboratories.
As our Laboratory Director, Jehad has the overall responsibility for your results and ensures that your blood tests follow a structure path of accuracy and quality.
BEng, ACGI
Yuri is the Care Quality Commission registered manager for the diagnostics and screening service we provide and looks after all of the umbrella companies involved in onedaytests.com, as well as the technical aspects of the company.
Hailing from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Yuri is a firm believer in bringing proven cutting edge engineering to the diagnostics and screening service.
He brings huge regulated industries experience to the team and makes sure that the company provides great service to our private and business customers.
Yuri's interests lie primarily in the technical aspects of a laboratory data systems integration, machine learning as well as hardware solutions for streamlining performance of our analyser machines.
HCPC Biomedical Scientist, IBMS.
Our day-to-day laboratory operations are under the care of Stefania Brown, who makes sure your results are received ASAP and the lab functions at it's maximum efficiency at all times.
There are a lot of moving parts to making a successful laboratory run smoothly and your samples are in safe hands at all times.
Stefania brings a wealth of experience from the NHS sector, having worked in virology department at the St Peters Hospital in Surrey, as well as leading private laboratories.
Prior to that Stefania was awarded a BSc degree in Applied Biomedical Science from the University of Greenwich.
Lana brings to out company over 20 years of NHS front line experience in the Emergency and Ambulance departments and is in charge of phlebotomy clinics here at One Day Tests.
Previously, Lana has worked as a Head Nurse in the Royal Sussex County Hospital as well as at the University College London Hospital.
She is currently completing her Advanced Clinical Practitioner studies in the Emergency department at Eastbourne General Hospital.
Lana is an experienced senior resuscitation and simulation practitioner with huge acute care experience and blood tests extraordinaire. Skilled in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Medical Simulation, ALS and APLS.
Lana's strong interest in application of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education and Emergency Care brings huge experience in this field to our team.
HCPC Biomedical Scientist, IBMS.
Multidisciplinary-trained BMS with extensive knowledge in Haematology and Blood Transfusion.
Jamila has over ten years’ experience working in diagnostic Blood Science laboratories in different healthcare settings ranging from small private hospitals to large NHS hospitals serving a diverse patient population.
Jamila's special interests lie in blood morphology and specialist techniques such as HPLC and flow cytometry.
MPhil, CQM
In charge of all of our logistical operations and finance, Yulia makes sure that the company runs like clockwork. We pride ourselves in running all of our services in-house.
This way we are directly responsible for the quality of service and Yulia makes sure that we stand up to that responsibility to our private and business customers.
Yulia brings a wealth of financial management experience. Prior to joining our team Yulia excelled in large financial institutions such as American Express as well as having run private companies and training centres within the highly regulated maritime industry, adhering to the strict UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency regulations.
In her earlier career she was a talented financial journalist at the BBC in London with special interests in politics and economics.
Olga is our Design and Marketing officer here at One Day Tests.
She is responsible for the design of the home kit visuals, all of our printed material and online presense.
Olga is a highly experienced professional in the field of Graphics design and makes our presence in the marketplace consistent, clear and distinctive, which is no easy job in the private healthcare market.
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