Joanne Elizabeth Martin is National Specialty Advisor for Pathology to NHSEngland and Improvement, and Professor of Pathology at
Queen Mary University of London. She was the President of the
Royal College of Pathologists from November 2017 until November 2020.
Professor Martin qualified at
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife ...
and the
Royal London Hospital Medical College, and holds a master's degree in leadership in addition to a PhD from the
University of London. She is a practising
histopathologist, with a particular subspecialist expertise in
neuromuscular disease of the gut and renal pathology. She was National Clinical Director for Pathology for
NHS England
NHS England, officially the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the ...
from 2013 to 2016.
Martin was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2022 Birthday Honours
The 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as par ...
for services to the NHS and medical education.
References
Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of London
Academics of Queen Mary University of London
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
British pathologists
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