Rachel Carling graduated with a first class honours degree in Chemistry from Manchester University in 1996. She then gained a PhD in Analytical Chemistry before moving to Leeds and training as a Clinical Biochemist. She chose to specialise in metabolic biochemistry because of her interest in analytical techniques and became one of eight Higher Specialist Trainees in Metabolic Biochemistry, obtaining FRCPath in 2007. Rachel is now a Consultant Clinical Scientist at Synnovis, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital where she is Director of South East Thames Regional Newborn Screening Laboratory, Scientific Head of Service and Clinical Lead for Biochemical Sciences.  She is also Scientific Director for Synnovis, GSTT site and Chair of the UK Metabolic Biochemistry Network.

Her main area of interest is inherited metabolic disease with a particular focus on the application of tandem mass spectrometry to the measurement of small molecules. She is passionate about science, an advocate of A3 thinking and committed to service improvement.