DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, etc
MB ChB   Medicine (Distinction O&G), University of Manchester, 1983
MRCP      Royal College of Physicians (Ed), 1986
MD      University of Manchester, 1992
FRCP      Royal College of Physicians, 1999
CURRENT POSTs
2009-present  Director of the University of Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
2004-present  Professor of Cancer Genetics, University of Southampton 
1995-present  Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Wessex Regional Genetics Service,
Southampton University Hospitals Trust
Main research interests
•  Genetic predisposition to cancer – diagnosis and management.
•  Cancer prevention, surveillance and treatment trials in genetically high risk individuals.
•  Early onset breast cancer – aetiology and management. 
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 
Leadership and Scientific
2012-2015    Academic Vice President of the Clinical Genetics Society
2011-2015   Member of National Cancer Research Institute Breast Cancer Studies Group
and translational research sub group.
2011-2016  MRC Clinical Research Training Fellows Board
2011-2012  Research Council of Norway Scientific Advisory Board
2011-2012  Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
2009-2013  Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Genetics 
Invited international lectures
Recent years:   British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) (2010), Controversies in Breast
Cancer Research conference (2011), International Forum for Paediatric
Haematology and Oncology (2011), European Society of Human Genetics
(2011), European Society of Medical Oncology Conference (2012) 
Teaching/training
2003&2005  Faculty member for European Cancer Genetics Course, Bertinoro, Italy  
2004, 2006 & 2008  Faculty member for European School of Oncology Familial Cancer Course,
CNIO, Madrid.
2007- 2009  Leader of Cancer Genetics section for the RCP Oncology Curriculum
Development and Assessment Group
2012 - present  Academic Vice President of the Clinical Genetics Society
2007 – present  Genetics F2 academic supervisor
2004-present    PhD supervision 6 PhD students -  4 graduated with PhDs within 4 years of
start date, 2 current students started 2011 and 2012.