Gareth Evans (geneticist)
Professor Gareth Evans | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
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| Occupation | Medical geneticist |
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Professor D. Gareth R. Evans FRCP FLSW (born May 1959) is a British medical geneticist.
Evans trained at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, specialising in paediatrics in the Army.[1] He then switched to genetics at Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester.[1]
He served as Medical Officer to the Royal Hussars as an RAMC officer between 1984–1986.[1]
From 1990 to 1992 he undertook an MD in cancer genetics developing his career specialisation in neurofibromatosis type 2, while working as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Manchester University, later becoming an Honorary Professor of Medical Genetics there, and a Consultant in Medical Genetics and Cancer Epidemiology with the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.[1][2]
He served as chair of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence's Familial Breast Cancer Guideline Development Group from 2002 to 2010, becoming its clinical lead in 2011.[1] He also served as Chief Investigator for a National Institute for Health Research–funded project on breast cancer prediction from 2009.[1] He is a two term NIHR Senior investigator.[3]
He was co-editor of Risk Assessment and Management in Cancer Genetics.[1]
In 2020, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[4]
Works
- Fiona Lalloo; Bronwyn Kerr; Jan M Friedman; D Gareth Evans, eds. (2005). Risk Assessment and Management in Cancer Genetics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852960-6.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Emma M. Jones; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2013). Clinical Cancer Genetics: Polyposis and Familial Colorectal Cancer c.1975-c.2010. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-902238-85-5. Wikidata Q29581797.
- ^ "Research Groups". Manchester University. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "NIHR announces latest Senior Investigator appointments | StaffNet | The University of Manchester". www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Gareth Evans". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
He has published over 820 articles and book chapters
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