Diana Pelka

Diana Pelka is a skilled laboratory manager and senior biomedical scientist currently working at Sarah Cannon Research Institute since January 2023, focusing on phase one clinical trials, logistics, and supply chain management. From November 2014 to April 2023, Diana served as a pre-state registration clinical scientist at HCA Healthcare UK, acting as the deputy service lead for the HCA Genomics Department and collaborating with various internal and external professionals to enhance service delivery. Previously, Diana was responsible for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) services targeting clinically actionable solid tumor profiles, significantly contributing to the lab's status as the first in the UK to offer a routine tumor profiling service through NGS. Diana holds a master's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from Imperial College London and a bachelor's degree in the same field from the University of Westminster, with ongoing project management education at the Project Management Institute.