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Kate Shepherd

Senior Operations Manager - Technical Services, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Expertise Summary

Quality Manager for the Human Tissue Management group, first point of contact for all queries related to the Human Tissue Act in the University of Nottingham

Health & Safety Coordinator for the School of Medicine - available for advice about how H&S is managed in the School

Estates - first point of contact for all building / refurbishment related queries for the School of Medicine, and the Estates & Space Development Committee submissions

Faculty representative on the University Health & Safety Committee

Past Research

Administrator for the School of Medicine Tissue Bank

The tissue bank allows members of the School of Medicine access to a variety of fresh or frozen tissue from specific sites (Colon, liver, pancreas etc.) held within NDDC GI Surgery

Investigators are required to fill in the "Tissue Bank Request Form" available from Kate Shepherd and return it for discussion by the Tissue Bank Management Group, and so long as there is tissue available and the research meets the Tissue Bank ethics, tissue will be released. (you are not required to have specific ethical approval for these studies)

School of Medicine

University of Nottingham
Medical School
Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Contacts: Call 0115 748 4098 ext.30031 or please see our 'contact us' page for further details