In this episode, hear Gina Bond discuss a career as an anatomy technician, body donation, dissection, anatomy, death education, digitalising donor registers, annual memorials for donors and the support available in this field of work. Who is Gina? Georgina Bond is an anatomy technician in the Medical Teaching Unit at the University of Sheffield. She deals with people who chose to donate their body upon their death, including their embalming, their dissection and their eventual funeral. She has a BSc in Biology from Sheffield Hallam University and an MSc in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology from the University of Sheffield and has previously worked in Outreach. Georgina also volunteers her time at Bart's Pathology Museum and has now taken on an Ethics Reviewer role for the Medical School at the University of Sheffield. You can follow Georgina on twitter @georginab2610 and her lab @SheffAnatomy She also has a few blog posts about body donation which you can view at thedonationdiaries.wordpress.com How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists? To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Bond, G. (2021) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 16 December 2021. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17212505.v1 Check out more episodes or find out more about the hosts! Got a question? Get in touch.

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