Who We Are
The Centre for Comparative Pathology brings together a wide range of pathology professionals from across the University of Edinburgh.
- 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 |
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 |