Death Investigation Committee
The Death Investigation Committee provides guidance and advice on behalf of the College on matters relating to non-forensic post mortems - i.e. hospital and coroner post-mortems that are not special (post mortems on non-suspicious deaths).
Chair: Dr Esther Youd
Committee Members
- Dr Martin Goddard - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Kathryn Griffin - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Lisa Barker - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Adam Bickers - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Abigail Sharp - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Richard Shepherd - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Ian Scott - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Anna Rycroft - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Deirdre Mckenna - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Preethi Gopinath - Autopsy Pathologist
- Dr Gemma Kemp - Forensic Pathologist
- Prof Atholl Johnston - Toxicologist (involved in death investigation)
- Dr Katherine Syred - Lead Examiner for the Certificate in Higher Autopsy Training (CHAT)
- Dr Ben Swift - Series co-editor of RCPath Autopsy Guidelines
- Dr Erin Whyte - Histopathology Trainee
- Dr Sophie Wallace - Forensic Pathology Trainee
- Dr Jim Simpson - Post mortem CT Advisor
- Dr Ralph Bouhaidar - Chair, Forensic Pathology SAC
- Dr Frances Cranfield - The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) representative
- Professor Tim Dawson - Neuropathology representative
- Dr Clair Evans - Chair, Prenatal, Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology SAC
- To be confirmed - RCPath Honorary Officer Representation
- Ms Diane Gaston - RCPath Director of Communications
- Ms Giselle Terry - Chief Coroner's Office representatives
- Andy Shanks - Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service
- Louisa Fee - Coroners Service for Northern Ireland
- Nicholas Shaw - Coronial representative
- Mr James Newman - Assistant Coroner at Derbyshire County Council
- Dr Mark Wrigley - HTA, Head of Regulation for the Post-Mortem and Public Display sectors
- Mr John Pitchers - Association of Anatomical Pathology Technologists Representative