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James W. Ironside
National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
Alder Hey, Attributes of a Pathologist, Autopsy, Legislation and Regulation, Mentors and Influences, Research versus Clinical Work
Alongside his clinical and research work, he plays a significant role in the Human Tissue Authority. His work on prion diseases has convinced him of the crucial importance of maintaining tissue and organ archives, and he is concerned about the implications for such research of recent legislation. “My main motivation for joining the Authority was to try and make the implementation of the [Human Tissue] legislation as good as it could be for both the profession and the public.”