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There are several areas of pathology practice, related either to the methods used to test tissue samples or to the type of diseases being investigated.

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A gap year trip to Australia grows into a fulfilling career in illicit drugs analysis

30th July, 2025

Una Cullinan is calling time on a science career spanning three decades – including more than 20 years in leadership roles at our Forensic & Ana...

Pitching the benefits of a career in pathology and forensics

24th July, 2025

Our flagship medical recruitment event – the annual Meet and Greet – was held at our Westmead educational precinct this month and was bigger and b...

Meet Ethan. A trainee with his heart in healthcare

8th July, 2025

Ethan Edwards has just started a two-year traineeship with NSW Health Pathology at our John Hunter Hospital Laboratory in Newcastle. His connection wi...

Fulfilling a childhood dream to work in forensics

7th July, 2025

We are thrilled to celebrate the graduation and appointment to a full-time role of intern Sabrina Cox, who joined our Forensic & Analytical Scienc...

Deb’s ‘independence day’ as she retires after 50 years of service

4th July, 2025

Technical Officer at NSW Health Pathology’s John Hunter Immunology Laboratory Deb Capper is hanging up her well-worn lab coat and retiring after mor...

FASS family farewells long-serving scientific officer

27th June, 2025

Scientific Officer at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) Illicit Drug Analysis Unit Keerthi Gamlath is retiring...

NSW Government announces $492 million to establish first statewide pathology hub at Westmead

13th June, 2025

Almost half a billion dollars will be invested in NSW Health Pathology’s new statewide hub at Westmead Hospital, delivering new and enhanced patholo...

Vale Professor Creswell John Eastman AO

21st May, 2025

Professor Cres Eastman AO, a pioneering Australian endocrinologist and globally recognised public health advocate, has died at the age of 85, leaving ...

Forensic DNA experts put hundreds of ‘cold-case’ sexual assaults back under the spotlight

9th May, 2025

A special team has been working at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic Biology/DNA lab to test hundreds of historic Sexual Assault Investigation Kits (S...