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Contact information

Email
alison.kay@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Research groups

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

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
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

More publications