The team
The Pathology Museum team is really more of a co-operative of people who are passionate about the space and collection. Here is an introduction to the team employed by Queen Mary University of London, and honorary team members
Professor Brian Colvin, Honorary Director of Museum Development
I was appointed to this role in 2016 to champion the administration and development of the pathology museum at Barts and The London.
I chaired the QMUL Athena Swan project from 2010-2012 and before that was Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Medicine and Dentistry from 1998-2008. I was consultant haematologist at Barts and The London for 30 years, my main interest being in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis. I am a Past President of Barts and The London Alumni Association.
At retirement in 2008 I was appointed Honorary Professor at QMUL and was awarded the Queen Mary Medal in 2012.
I continue to support the museum as Director, and use my experience to guide the objectives of the museum’s five-year plan.
Carla Valentine
Carla Valentine is the only full-time member of staff based at the museum and her official title is Technical Curator and Public Engagement Officer. This means that Carla's job is to repair, conserve and catalogue all 5000 specimens and rearrange them in a way that satisfies the Human Tissue Authority as well as students and allied health professionals. Her post was originally funded by the Trustees of St Bartholomew's Medical School and became permanently funded by QMUL.
Since her appointment in 2011, the museum has evolved from being in a state of disrepair to a site for teaching which incorporates the specimens, and a venue for extensive public engagement and research.
Steve Moore
Steve Moore is the Learning Resources & Facilities Manager for the Student Office of the FMD (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry). He oversees the dissection room at Mile End, as well as the Pathology collections at both the Barts and Whitechapel campuses, and is the contact for educational visits to The Doniach Gallery.
Without Steve's tenacity and relentless funding applications, a salary for a full-time member of staff at the museum would never have been secured and the doors to Barts Pathology Museum would still be locked to the public.
