Dr Shiels is the Lead for Public and Civic Engagement and the Curator of the Museum of Human Diseases.  She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with a research interest in museum-based interactive methods of learning. 

Her interest in human diseases goes back to her degree in Cellular and Molecular Pathology and her research at Imperial College London focusing on leukaemia. She enjoys designing and running outreach events for schoolchildren and also works with local schools holding one day workshops to support the A level biology curriculum. In partnership with final year medical students studying at St George’s, a series of new school workshops has recently been developed. She is interested in developing new partnerships with schools to develop new activities that can be given virtually. Carol also hosts Art of Pathology workshops for St George's students and staff in the Museum and is interested in developing these into virtual workshops in partnership with schools and their students studying art.  

You can contact Carol by email at pe@sgul.ac.uk