title: Nasseem Husain: homage to a pioneer of cytology automation.
abstract: Dr Oliver Anthony Nasseem Husain, who died on 22 September 2014, aged 90 years, was one of the great names of European cytology, a pioneer of automated cervical screening and a founding member of both the British Society for Clinical Cytology (BSCC) and the European Federation of Cytology Societies (EFCS). The life of this one remarkable man involved much of the pioneering work, which is reviewed in this article, that has brought conventional cytology to the complex multimodal discipline it is today.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Pathology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kocjan
authors.affiliation: Cellular Pathology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation / Q000379:methods*; D003585:Cell Biology; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*
keywords: cancer screening; cervical cancer; cytology automation; gynaecological pathology; laboratory method; public health