Centre for Comparative Pathology

Who We Are

The Centre for Comparative Pathology brings together a wide range of pathology professionals from across the University of Edinburgh.

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  • Medical and veterinary pathologists.
  • Imaging and genomics experts.
  • Medical, veterinary and biological researchers.

Based at the University of Edinburgh Easter Bush campus with virtual links throughout Edinburgh and beyond to partners in government labs, research institutes, universities and pathological societies.

Governance Structures

The Centre for Comparative Pathology is overseen by a Management Board, with day-to-day activity managed by an Executive Board.

Chair of the Management Board: Professor Bruce Whitelaw

Professor Bruce Whitelaw is the Director of the Roslin Institute, Chair of Animal Biotechnology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of the University of Edinburgh, and is Dean of Research and Innovation.

Director: Professor Mark Arends

Mark Arends trained in Medicine and Pathology at the University of Edinburgh, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 1995 in the University of Edinburgh's Department of Pathology and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

He moved to the University of Cambridge in January 1999, where he was a University Reader in Histopathology and an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. There he was a specialist gastrointestinal and gynaecological pathologist and was lead pathologist in colorectal pathology, gynaecological pathology and bowel cancer screening pathology for Cambridge and East of England.

In July 2013 he returned to University of Edinburgh as Professor of Pathology, Head of Edinburgh Pathology and director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology. His research includes the genomic, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of colorectal cancer and gynaecological cancer development and progression, including inherited susceptibility to colorectal and endometrial carcinogenesis and in-vivo models of intestinal and other tumour formation.

Deputy Director: Professor Jorge Del-Pozo

 

Management Board Membership

Professor Bruce Whitelaw Chair, Director of the Roslin Institute
Professor Mark Arends Director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology
Professor Jorge Del-Pozo Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology
Professor David Argyle Head of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Professor Margaret Frame

Director of the MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer                 

Executive Board Membership

Professor Mark Arends Director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology
Professor Jorge Del-Pozo Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology
Professor C Simon Herrington                    Professor of Molecular Cancer Pathology
Dr Fiona Houston Group Leader in the Neurobiology Division
Professor Elspeth Milne Personal Chair of Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Professor John Mullins Personal Chair of Molecular Physiology
Professor Tanja Opriessnig Group Leader
Jennifer Lawrie Administrator for the Centre for Comparative Pathology