Clare Turnbull

Clare Turnbull is Professor of Translational Cancer Genetics in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Cancer Research, London. Her research spans statistical, population and public-health-related analyses of genetic cancer susceptibility and the implementation of expanded genomic testing. She is currently rolling out a new £4.3 million Cancer Research UK (CRUK)-funded programme, CanGene-CanVar: Data Resources, Clinical and Educational Tools to Leverage Cancer Susceptibility Genetics for Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer. As an honorary consultant in Public Health, she is working closely with the UK Health Security Agency on this programme to incorporate genomic data into the National Cancer Registration datasets. She is also in the process of initiating BRCA-DIRECT, a CRUK-funded programme to develop and pilot a digital platform to deliver BRCA testing, enabling the extension of testing to all women with breast cancer. Undertaking germline, somatic and fu