Contact information
Ali Kay
Postdoctoral Researcher
Multi-disciplinary researcher investigating perspectives and experiences of genetic and genomic testing, risk assessment and genetic therapies.
Current and recent projects:
- CureHeart - genetic therapies for inherited heart conditions
- ePREGCARE - genomic recurrence risk assessment strategy for couples after a child is diagnosed with a genetic condition caused by a de novo (new) genetic variant
- Adoptees and Direct-to-Consumer testing
Junior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, St. Annes College / Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) (Sept. 2023)
Elected Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Graduate member of Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC) and British Psychological Society (BPS)
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
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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 A. and Taverner N., (2022), Journal of Community Genetics