**updated and revised as of 26/11/2025**
Statement regarding the RA Rodda Pathology Museum from Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Health Professor Graeme Zosky:
"The University of Tasmania is deeply sorry for the sadness and hurt felt by family members who learned that parts of their loved ones were collected during coronial autopsies and retained without consent.
"The RA Rodda Pathology Museum was established in 1966 to support teaching and research in medical sciences. It has been an important resource for training generations of clinicians to service the health needs of Tasmania.
"In 2016, the University contacted the Coroner's Office regarding specimens in the collection which were understood to have been collected many decades earlier by forensic pathologists during coronial autopsies and provided to the museum.
"The specimens were identified after a review of the museum's collections on recommendations from the 2001 Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) report, Organs retained at autopsy: ethical and practical issues.
"We welcome the conclusion of the Coroner's investigation. This process has been a traumatic experience for the families involved.
"University staff met personally with many families who were seeking further information and understanding of the history of this matter - on campus or in their homes - and we remain available to them.
"Familiies who wish to engage with the University are welcome to contact the Legal Office at [email protected] "
