I am a consultant pathologist at University Hospitals Plymouth. My interests are autopsy pathology, skin and thoracic pathology. I enjoy the challenge of autopsy pathology and am autopsy clinical lead at University Hospital Plymouth. I plan to take over as DI over the next year, and am shadowing this role. I am also lead for the CHAT exam. Plymouth is a port and naval dockyard and we see much asbestos related lung disease, as well as trauma, immersion in water and toxicological cases. I am a keen educator and regularly teach in autopsy and thoracic pathology locally and regionally. I am looking forward to working on the pathology portal to add my extensive teaching slide collection. I am involved in undergraduate education teaching year 4 in the professionalism domain at medical school as well as year 3 pathology. I am involved in some ongoing educational research and innovation. 

Dr Esther Youd is an autopsy pathologist at the University of Glasgow, with particular interest in sudden cardiac death, maternal death and medical education. She is Chair of the RCPath Death Investigation Committee, Chair of the UK Cardiac Pathology Network, and reviews maternal deaths for MBRRACE-UK. She is the RCPath Clinical Director for Digital Pathology Education, a role which encompasses oversight of the Pathology Portal. She is external examiner at Queen Mary University of London and an examiner for the RCPath CHAT exam.