Zeid Kuzbari is a bioinformatician with a research focus on NGS whole-exome analyses of testicular germ cell tumours and breast cancer. He is also currently working on the implementation of functional assays of cancer susceptibility genes into the CanVar-UK data platform, supporting variant interpretation. Zeid completed a PhD in Genetics and Epidemiology at the ICR, holds a MSc in Biomedical Science from Université de Montréal, and has a strong background in immunology.

Zehra Akar is an Administrative Assistant at the Institute of Cancer Research, within Prof. Clare Turnbull’s team in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology. With a background in Public Health Policy and Reproductive Health and experience working in academic institutions and diagnostic laboratories, Zehra is currently providing administrative and operational support to the Jewish BRCA Testing Programme.

Yana Moscovitz is a Research Administrator at the Institute of Cancer Research, within Prof Clare Turnbull’s team in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology. Yana joined the NHS England Retrospective Genetic Testing Programme in 2025 after completing an MSc in Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia.

Sudeekshna Muralidharan is a Research Administrator in the Translation Genetics Team under Professor Clare Turnbull at the Institute of Cancer Research. She is a double-MSc graduate with an MSc in Genetics of Human Disease from UCL and an MSc in Cancer, Molecular Pathology and Genomics from QMUL. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences at KCL in 2021. She started working on two projects at the ICR in May 2024. She has since been working solely on our largest ongoing programme, JBRCA, which currently tests over 43,000 patients. She is very interested in project management and hopes to develop her career within that discipline. She has an international background and was born in India but raised in Singapore and Belgium. She moved to London in 2018 for higher education and has been living there since.

Sophie is a Data Manager and part-time PhD student at the Institute of Cancer Research, within Prof Clare Turnbull’s team in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology.  With a background in bioinformatics and genetics, Sophie’s current research focuses on quantifying evidence for variant interpretation in inherited cancers, as well as co-ordinating the CRUK-funded Cancer Gene MAVE (CG-MAVE) grant, and supporting operation of the Cancer Variant Interpretation Group UK (CanVIG-UK).

Sarah Lane is a Scientific Project Manager at the Institute of Cancer Research within Professor Clare Turnbull’s team in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology. Sarah is a registered associate public health nutritionist with a MSc in Global Public Health and Nutrition, and has previous experience working in policy research funding management, focusing on nutrition, maternal health, and health inequalities funding initiatives. Sarah is currently working on the delivery of the NHSE Retrospective Genetic Testing Programme and Jewish BRCA Testing Programme.

Rebekah Beaumont is a Research Administrator at the Institute of Cancer Research, within Prof Clare Turnbull’s team in the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology. Rebekah has contributed to both the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme and the NHS Retrospective Genetic Testing Programme. She completed her master's degree in Genomic Medicine in 2025, co-led by Kings College London and City St George’s University London, where her dissertation focused on variant interpretation in undiagnosed paediatric cases of cerebellar ataxia.