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Molecular and Population Genetics Team

Professor Richard Houlston’s team works to identify cancer susceptibility genes and understand how these can cause cancer.

Team leader

Professor Richard Houlston

Professor Richard Houlston

Professor of Molecular and Population Genetics

Professor Richard Houlston aims to identify and characterise the genes that cause cancer. Currently, he is acting Head of the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Pathologists, the Institute of Biology and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is co-editor at the British Journal of Cancer.

T 020 8722 4175

Team Members

Peter Broderick

Senior Scientific Officer

Daniel Chubb

Bioninformatics Officer

Alex Cornish

Statistician/Bioninformatician

Sara Dobbins

Bioinformatics Officer

Phuc Hoang

PhD Student

Amy Holroyd

Scientific Officer

Dr Ben Kinnersley

Statistician

Philip Law

Statistician/Bioninformatician

Dr Chey Loveday

Post-Doctoral Training Fellow

Giulia Orlando

Post-Doctoral Training Fellow

Emma Poyastro-Pearson

Higher Scientific Officer

Brittany Rex

Executive Assistant

Matthew Scales

PhD student

James Studd

Post-Doctoral Training Fellow

Professor Clare Turnbull

T +44 208 722 4485

Jayaram Vijayakrishnan

Scientific Officer

Molly Went

PhD Student
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