martin howell

consultant clinical scientist

About

Extensive experience in research and clinical applications of histocompatibility and immunogenetics in health, disease and transplantation.

Country

united kingdom

City

newcastle upon tyne

Industry

hospital & health care

Skill

clinical laboratory management, transplantation immunology, clinical research, laboratory medicine, healthcare information technology, hospitals, life sciences, polymerase chain reaction, molecular biology, immunology

Experience

consultant clinical scientist

university hospital southampton nhs foundation trust

1986-1 - 2005-1 · 19 yrs 1 mo

consultant clinical scientist

nhs blood and transplant

2005-2 - Present · 21 yrs 8 mos

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority, dedicated to saving and improving lives through the wide range of services we provide to the NHS. Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world.We are proud to provide a safe and reliable supply of blood components, diagnostic services and stem cell services to hospitals in England and North Wales and tissues and solid organs to hospitals across the UK. We are grateful to our donors who generously provide the donations vital to so many patients. We are proud to support altruistic donation and in 2012/13 our donors contributed: 1.9 million units of blood, 4,208 organs, 5,800 tissue donations, 2,000 banked cord blood units, 188 adult stem cell donations. These precious donations helped save and improve thousands of lives.