Irene Roberts Author

Irene Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Haematology at the Department of Paediatrics and MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford. She was formerly Professor of Paediatric Haematology at Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Haematologist at St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust where she established a neonatal haematology diagnostic service based on daily evaluation of peripheral blood films over several decades. Her research focuses on the molecular and biological characteristics of blood disorders in the fetus and early childhood particularly in Down syndrome.

Barbara J. Bain is a Professor of Diagnostic Haematology at St Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine. She is also a Consultant Haematologist at St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. Her research has been focused on morphology of blood cells, ethnic and biological differences in haematological variables and cytogenetics and molecular genetics in relation to haematological malignancy. She has collaborated with numerous experts in the field and contributed to the WHO Classification of Tumours of Haemopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues.