Episode 6 of the I am IMA podcast features a fascinating chat with Joy Allen- Senior IVD Evaluation Methodologist in the NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (NIHR Newcastle MIC). We talk about Joy's early academic career in applied mathematics and physics and the big shift to working at the NIHR Newcastle MIC. Joy and her team have been working tirelessly since the start of the Covid19 pandemic on new and effective In vitro diagnostics as the bridge between the NHS, academia and private industry.