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RCPath President awarded Honorary Fellowship

RCPath President awarded Honorary Fellowship
28 January 2020
We are pleased to announce Jo Martin will be awarded IBMS Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her exceptional service to healthcare

IBMS Honorary Fellowship is awarded to non-members of high repute and distinction who have made a significant impact on the profession, the organisation or healthcare. This prestigious honour has been awarded just 21 times since the Institute’s founding in 1912. 

Jo Martin, is the President of the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath), and will be presented with her award at the IBMS AGM on 6th June 2020. 

About Jo

Jo Martin

Jo Martin was educated at Cambridge University. She holds a Master’s degree in leadership and earned a PhD in neuropathology from the University of London. She is an honorary consultant histopathologist with subspecialist expertise in neuromuscular disease of the gut.

She is currently Professor of Pathology at Queen Mary University of London, and following a successful career, including Clinical Director roles and acting as Medical Director and subsequently Chief Medical Officer, is Director of Academic Health Sciences at Barts Health NHS Trust. Jo was the National Clinical Director for Pathology for NHS England from 2013 -2016, and was elected President of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2017.

In her election statement for RCPath presidency, Jo said: “I want trainees clamouring to be pathologists. We can champion research and innovation and the great advances that our profession make.”

Commitment to pathology

The IBMS has been impressed by her commitment to promoting digital pathology, and encouraging greater involvement from the professional membership. It is no surprise that she made the prestigious Power List for 2018, and it is with great pleasure that we will award her honorary Fellowship this year.

IBMS President Allan Wilson said: “Jo is a superb advocate for pathology and has significantly raised the profile of laboratories during her presidency. Jo is an enthusiastic supporter of advanced roles for biomedical scientists and was also heavily involved in the transition to HPV primary screening mitigating the risk to the laboratory service during the transition.

I am delighted that Jo has accepted this prestigious award and I look forward to working with her to further raise the profile of pathology during my presidency.”

 

Jo Martin commented: “This IBMS Honorary Fellowship award is a real privilege. I value and relish working with all the very many skilled colleagues of the IBMS, in making our healthcare services better for patients, and in supporting research, innovation and skills development for future generations.”

We wish to offer our congratulations to Jo Martin on receiving this award and look forward to presenting it to her at our AGM in June. 

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