Karen Heverin is a Senior Biochemist at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. She was awarded a B.A. Mod Hons Biochemistry at the University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2014 and took up her first position as a biochemist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 2015. Karen undertook a pilot training position which included secondments to various laboratories both in Ireland and further afield such as Cytogenetics training at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and Sanger/NGS experience at Health in Code, in A Coruna, Spain. She was awarded MSc Blood Sciences (Biochemistry) at the University of Manchester in 2019.
Karen was appointed to a promotional role of Senior Biochemist at Beaumont Hospital in 2019, where she is currently based. Karen undertook the role of Secretary/Treasurer of ACB Republic of Ireland region in 2020. More recently, Karen successfully completed Part 1 of FRCPath examinations in Autumn 2021 and is currently working towards Part 2 examinations. Karen has also been appointed to represent the ACBI as a corresponding member of to the IFCC Task Force for Young Scientists (TF-YS).
