Ruth Warwick
Qualified in Medicine from Bristol University & has been Consultant Specialist in Tissue Services (TS) for the National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) since 1993. Specialised in Haematology (Royal Free, Hillingdon & Hammersmith Hospitals) including bone marrow transplantation. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians MRCP 1977, FRCP 1997 & Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists MRCPath 1980, FRCPath 1992.
Experience in patient facing aspects of bone marrow transplantation & donor facing aspects of blood transfusion, bone marrow, cord blood, tissue & embryonic stem cell donation. First Consultant post at Queen Charlottes/Hammersmith Hospital London in Transfusion of fetus, neonate & the pregnant woman.
Specialised in haemopoietic stem cell (1995 - 2004) & tissue donation (1995 – 2008) providing medical policies for these activities. The London Cord Blood Bank, LCBB (now NHS CBB) became one of the largest & most prestigious in the world. TS is the largest multi-tissue bank in the UK & provides all of the UK's allograft skin, 50% of its bone & many other types of tissue allograft. Has had national & international experience in policy setting (see table) & a number of key advisory roles for the English Department of Health Transplant Policy Unit & Human Tissue Authority. She has about 96 published papers, edited volumes including being the lead editor of a multinational book in Tissue Donation (published 2009) & 13 chapters & over 100 abstracts.
Immediate Past President of both the British Association for Tissue Banking (BATB) & European Association of Tissue Banks EATB) & member AATB
| From | To | Position | Committee / Group |
| 1995 | 2001 | Chair | NIBSC/UK Blood Services Tissues Advisory Committee |
| 1996 | 1998 | Chair | BATB Medical Special Interest Group |
| 1997 | 2004 | Member/secretary | UK Bone Marrow Registries Advisory Committee |
| 1998 | 2001 | Member | NIBSC Steering Group for Tissues & Cells |
| 1999 | 2001 | Consultant | Council of Europe Expert Group on Organs Tissues & Cells |
| 1999 | 2002 | Member | BATB Executive Committee |
| 1999 | 2002 | Tissues Expert | MSBT Guidance Committee |
| 2003 | 2005 | Member | DOH Economic Operational Research Committee for vCJD tissue risk assessments |
| 2003 | 2003 | Member | DOH Group undertaking option appraisal for milk banking |
| 2003 | 2005 | Member | DOH Transplant Policy Collaborative for EC Directive |
| 2004 | 2007 | Member | MSBT subcommittee for Tissues & Cells |
| 2004 | 2006 | Tissue policy advisor | Management Committee of UK Stem Cell Bank, NIBSC |
| 2004 | 2005 | Member | HTA Codes of Practice Working Group |
| 2005 | 2007 | Member | Royal College of Pathologists Tissue Advisory Group |
| 2006 | 2008 | President | British Association of Tissue Banks |
| 2007 | 2008 | Chairman | EC CEN Workshop on Coding & Traceability of Tissues & Cells |
| 2007 | 2009 | President | EATB |
| 2008 | 28/05 | Chair | DH Stakeholder Workshop on Cord blood banking in the UK: An international comparison of policy & practice Also one of the DH one to one interviewees representing UK stakeholders |
| 2008 | 2008 | Overall Organiser | EATB/BATB/AATB Joint International Congress for November 2008. |
| 2008 | 2008 | Member | Clinical sub-group of the UK Working Group of the Organ Donation Taskforce considering opt out & presumed consent |
| 2009 | 2009 | Member | AATB Taskforce identifying, investigating & reporting recipient adverse reactions |
DOH English Department of Health, NIBSC National Institute for Biological Standards & Controls, MSBT Committee on Microbiological Safety of Blood & Tissues, HTA Human Tissue Authority