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
- Prof Atholl Johnston - Toxicologist (involved in death investigation)
- Professor Kim Suvarna - Lead Examiner for the Certificate in Higher Autopsy Training (CHAT) exam
- Dr Ben Swift - Series co-editor for RCPath Autopsy Guidelines
- Dr Nigel Cooper - Chair, Forensic Pathology SAC
- Dr Frances Cranfield - The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) representative
- Professor Tim Dawson - Neuropathology representative
- Dr Liina Palm - RCPath Prenatal, Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology SAC Representative
- Dr Stephen Morley - Assistant Registrar
- Ms Diane Gaston - RCPath Head of Communications
- Mr James Parker - Head of the Chief Coroner's Office
- Ms Anne Marie Aherne - Deputy Head of the Chief Coroner's Office
- Mr Andy Shank - Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service
- Professor Fiona Wilcox - Senior Coroner, London Inner West
- Mr James Newman - Assistant Coroner at Derbyshire County Council
- Dr Kelly Sherlock - Head of Regulation for the Post Mortem and Public Display sectors
- Mr John Pitchers - Association of Anatomical Pathology Technologists Representative
- James Simpson - Post mortem CT advisor