Dr Eilidh Ferguson
- Lecturer in Anatomy (Life Sciences Human Life Sciences)
telephone:
0141 330 6033
email:
Eilidh.Ferguson@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 350, Thomson Building, Anatomy Facility, G12 8QQ
Biography
Eilidh is a lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. She completed her PhD in Juvenile Facial Identification at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee.
Her research focussed on the growth and development of the juvenile face and considered potential methods of identification from facial photographs. Following this, she continued to research facial identification methods at Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University on an MoD-funded project. During this time, she was part of a team providing training courses in facial image comparison and 3D laser scanning.
She then took up an opportunity to travel to the USA, after being awarded a fellowship to conduct research at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Hawaii. She provided identification services to the Department of Defense for skeletal remains recovered from WWII, Korean, and Vietnam wars, and her research focussed specifically on the segregation and identification of a large commingled assemblage from the Korean War.
Eilidh is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and a Level III accredited Forensic Anthropologist.
Research interests
Craniofacial growth and development
Human identification
3D digitisation and learning tools
Teaching
Eilidh is the anatomy lead for the Glasgow Access to Medicine Programme (GAP), and coordinates the anatomy teaching for First Year Medicine. She is also course coordinator for the International Summer School in Functional Anatomy and contributes to teaching on the following courses:
- Fundamental Skills in Medicine (GAP)
- Years 1 and 2 Medicine
- Year 1 Nursing
- International Summer School in Functional Anatomy (BIOL2051)
- Functional Anatomy (BIOL2023 & BIOL2038)
- Anatomy 3A (BIOL4230) & 3B (BIOL4231)
- Core Skills for Modern Anatomists Year 4 (BIOL4270)
Project Supervision
- MSc Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy
- Honours Year Life Science Projects