Our staff



Management team
Dr Riina Richardson | Head of Service and Clinical Lead, and Consultant Clinical Mycologist | DDS, PhD, FRCPath, PGCert Med Ed, FECMM Academy |
Dr Caroline Moore | Deputy Head of Service, and Principal Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology | BSc, MSc, PhD, MRSB |






Consultant
Professor Malcolm Richardson | Consultant Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology | BSc, PhD, FRCPath, FRSB, FECMM Academy |






Laboratory staff
Mrs Nichola Duddy | Senior Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology | BSc, MSc |
Dr Lily Novak-Frazer | Senior Clinical Scientist in Medical Mycology | MSc, PhD, SFHEA |
Mrs Elaine Taylor | Quality and Training Co-ordinator | BSc |
Dr Darin Hassan | Healthcare Scientist | BSc, PhD |
Dr Cristina Lazzarini | Healthcare Scientist | BSc, MSc, PhD |
Mrs Patrycja Kent | Healthcare Scientist | MSc |
Mrs Sophia Hou | Healthcare Scientist | BSc, MSc |
Mr Rikesh Masania | Healthcare Scientist | BSc, MSc |
Mr David Desalegne | Healthcare Scientist | BSc, MSc |
Ms Katie Rawson | Healthcare Scientist | BSc |
Ms Christina Xirou | Medical Laboratory Assistant | BTech |
Ms Farseen Younis | Medical Laboratory Assistant | BSc |
Ms Deborah Lees | Medical Laboratory Assistant | NVQs |






Research staff
Dr Mireille van der Torre | Research Scientist NW Lung Charity funded | BSc, MSc, PhD |
Maisie Palmer | Research Scientist NIHR Manchester BRC funded | BSc, MSc |






Administrative staff
Colin Keating | Clerical Officer | Open University courses |
Michelle Norton | Clerical Officer | NVQs |









Clinical support from MFT Infectious Diseases consultants
‘ID on-call’: contact Wythenshawe Hospital switchboard on 01612917070