Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences

Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences was established at QMUL in February 2006 with the appointment of Professor Peter Vanezis as Professor of Forensic Medical Sciences and its first Director.

Establishment of Cameron

The last twenty years has seen a significant decline in academic forensic medicine in the United Kingdom and especially in London. In 1980 there were five London Medical Schools with academic departments of forensic medicine/pathology headed by five professors and with an overall complement of 18 forensic pathologists.

At the present time there are no academic centres in London and all forensic cases are carried out by pathologists on a self employed basis. Thus there was until recently, no provision for teaching and research within an academic institution.