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:

Kay AC, Wells J, Hallowell N et al. 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 stratgy with UK clinical genetics practitioners.    Journal of Medical Genetics (2023). doi:10.1136/jmg-2023-109183.

Kay AC, Taverner NV.  Adoptees' views and experiences of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic testing: an exploratory interview study from the UK.  Journal of Community Genetics 14, 149-162 (2023).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-022-00622-y