Alison Kay
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ali joined in Jan 2022, following postgraduate studies in genetic and genomic counselling. She is primarily investigating perspectives and experiences of genetics and genomics for recurrence risk prediction (Goriely Group, WIMM). This research is available in her recent co-authored publication in the Journal of Medical Genetics (see publications). Ali's NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant application (co-investigator) to continue this work was recently successful.
From October 2023 she has also been a research fellow (JRF) in the Centre for Personalised Medicine, Oxford.
Ali has a multi-disciplinary background and has an interest in social and historical perspectives, including implications of recreational DNA testing services such as those provided by Ancestry and 23&Me. She has published some findings on this in the Journal of Community Genetics (see publications).
Her ESRC-sponsored DPhil was undertaken at Nuffield College, Oxford and fellowship of the Royal Historical Society was granted from 2014.
Recent publications
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Providing recurrence risk counselling for parents after diagnosis of a serious genetic condition caused by an apparently de novo mutation in their child: a qualitative investigation of the PREGCARE strategy with UK clinical genetics practitioners.
Journal article
Kay AC. et al, (2023), J Med Genet, 60, 925 - 931
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Adoptees' views and experiences of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic testing: an exploratory interview study from the UK.
Journal article
Kay AC. and Taverner NV., (2023), J Community Genet, 14, 149 - 162
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Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship.
Book
Kay AC., (2009)
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Villas, values and the Crystal Palace Company, c.1852-1911
Journal article
Kay AL., (2008), London Journal, 33, 21 - 39
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A measure of worth: Probate valuations, personal wealth and indebtedness in England, 1810-40
Journal article
Owens A. et al, (2006), Historical Research, 79, 383 - 403