Alison Kay

Background and research interests:

Ali is a multi-disciplinary researcher, with a background in social science and genomic counselling. She works with Principal Investigator, Liz Ormondroyd to investigate perspectives and experiences of people impacted by cardiomyopathy and to identify patient-valued outcomes of genetic therapies. Ali is also an experienced patient advocate and PPI facilitator and has previous experience working as a postdoctoral researcher investigating perspectives on personalised medicine.

Ali holds a DPhil from Nuffield College, University of Oxford and an MSc in Genetic and Genomic Counselling from Cardiff University. She is a member of the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors.

Selected 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.    Kay AC, Wells J, Hallowell N et al. (2023). Journal of Medical Genetics

Adoptees' views and experiences of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic testing: an exploratory interview study from the UK. Kay AC and Taverner NV. (2023). Journal of Community Genetics