Shamila has been a Biomedical Scientist for over 15 years in various NHS Trusts, including the Leeds Histology laboratory as an Advanced Biomedical Scientist helping implement new technologies into the laboratory workflow. She was the lead Biomedical Scientist in the Muscle and Nerve laboratory, Non-Gynae Cytology, as well as the Routine laboratory was an end user of digital pathology for over two years prior to joining NPIC.