About Us

Dr Caroline Wright – Programme Associate

Caroline Wright has contributed to many of our major projects and our news service. She has expertise in the fields of genetics, molecular biology, and public health, including the evaluation of medical risk prediction models and the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests.

Caroline was trained as a scientist, with a Masters degree in natural sciences and chemistry and a PhD in biological chemistry from the University of Cambridge. She joined us in 2007 as Head of Science, following a few years working as a research analyst within the medical devices and biotechnology industries, and led projects including Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests, which summarises the findings of PHG’s Diagnostic Summit, and Cell-free fetal nucleic acids for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis.

Now also Project Manager for the Deciphering Developmental Disorders project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Caroline continues to play a leading role in our flagship programme investigating the implications of whole genome sequencing for health and health care systems.

 

Selected recent publications:

• Janssens AC, Ioannidis JP, Bedrosian S et al Strengthening the reporting of genetic rIsk prediction Studies (GRIPS): explanation and elaboration (2011) Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print]
• Janssens AC, Ioannidis JP, Bedrosian S et al Strengthening the reporting of Genetic RIsk Prediction Studies (GRIPS): explanation and elaboration (2011) European Journal of Human Genetics Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]
• PHG Foundation Genomic Medicine: An independent response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report (2010)
• Wright CF and Kroese M. Evaluation of genetic tests for susceptibility to common complex diseases Human Genetics (2010) 127(2): 125-13
• Wright C, Hall A, Matthews F, Brayne C. Biomarkers, dementia and public health Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2009) 118:11-19
• Wright CF & Burton H. The use of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in maternal blood for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis Human Reproduction Update (2009) 15(1): 139-151

Please visit PHG Foundation’s resources page for a list of our publications and other work by members of our staff.