Laboratory Quality Assurance and ISO Accreditation for Digital Pathology

Chloe Knowles is a Biomedical Scientist in Histopathology at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. In 2019, Chloe was awarded the 'rising star' award by the Advancing Healthcare Awards (AHA), for her role in digitizing the pathology laboratory at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds.

Dr. Bethany Williams is a Specialty Doctor at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds, and the Lead for Training, Validation and PPI at the National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative in the United Kingdom. She has published extensively in the fields of digital pathology patient safety, evidence based digital pathology training and validation and effective digital deployment. Her body of research earned her the Pathological Society’s medal for research impact, and she is regularly invited to speak at international conferences as an authority on the digital pathology evidence base, practical deployment and patient safety. 

Dr. Treanor is a Consultant Histopathologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Leeds, UK. He is also Guest Professor in Digital Pathology at Linköping University, Sweden, where he works with the university and hospital teams on digital pathology research in a well-established project where 100% of clinical slides are scanned.