Marie Cassidy
Professor Marie Cassidy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 69–70) Rutherglen, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | first full-time female forensic pathologist in the UK first female State Pathologist for Ireland |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | pathologist, academic |
| Sub-specialties | forensic pathology |
Professor Marie Therese Jane Cassidy (born 1951) is a pathologist and academic. From 2004 to 2018 she was State Pathologist of Ireland, the first woman to hold the position.[1] She is Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin.
Early life and education[]
Marie Cassidy was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1951. She is the granddaughter of emigrants from Donegal.[2] She lives in Dublin and is married with two children.[citation needed]
Cassidy studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating in January 1978.
Career[]
She became a member of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1985 and a forensic pathologist the same year, making her the first female full-time forensic pathologist in the United Kingdom.
She held a professorship of forensic medicine at the University of Glasgow before moving to Ireland in 1998 to take up the position of Deputy State Pathologist.[3] She was appointed to the position of State Pathologist in January 2004, succeeding Professor John Harbison to become the first female State Pathologist in Ireland.[4]
She is also Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin.
Cassidy has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations, helping to identify the remains of victims of war crimes in Bosnia.[5]
Cassidy announced her intended retirement as State Pathologist of Ireland on 7 September 2018.[6]
She has acted as a consultant to the television crime series Taggart. She also advised Irish crime writer Alex Barclay.
Popular culture[]
A character in the book The Human Body is based on her.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "State Pathologist's Office". Department of Justice and Equality. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Moonan, Niall (2005). "STATE PATHOLOGIST MARIE CASSIDY TELLS OF HER GRUESOME WORK". The Mirror.
- ^ Quinlan, Ailin (13 December 2010). "What I did today... Professor Marie Cassidy State Pathologist". Irish Independent. Dublin: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Press release on appointment as state pathologist Archived 12 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Raleigh, David. "Meet Marie Cassidy - Ireland's first female state pathologist". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "State Pathologist Marie Cassidy to retire". Journal. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Irish pathologists
- Scottish pathologists
- British pathologists
- British forensic scientists
- Women forensic scientists
- People from Rutherglen
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of Trinity College Dublin
- People from Glasgow
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Irish women scientists
- Scottish women scientists
- 20th-century British women scientists
- 21st-century British women scientists
- Women pathologists
- 20th-century Irish people
- 21st-century Irish people
- Scottish women medical doctors