About Us

Dr Philippa Brice - Head of Knowledge and Communications

Philippa Brice’s work within the Foundation overseeing communications and knowledge management underpins our multidisciplinary work programme. In addition to being the Foundation’s editor-in-chief and lead contributor to our Genomics and Policy News service, Philippa also writes for a range of media about our work and more generally on biomedical science and genomics, public health and clinical translation. She works with our programme staff to support and publicise our projects and activities, and with our development team to promote the general aims and work of the Foundation, as well contributing to educational activities. She also runs our Press Office to provide information on genomics and biomedicine for journalists and other media professionals.

Prior to joining us in 2003, Philippa worked in biomedical intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Christ’s College, Cambridge, studying natural sciences (pathology) and doing PhD research at the MRC)Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.

Philippa’s key projects have included policy development in the use of microarrays in cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and the application of biomarkers in molecular screening for familial colorectal cancer. She also led our intensive Genetics and Health Policy course, and a prototype Masters course module on Public Health Genomics for the University of Hong Kong.

Selected recent publications:

• Brice P. Lost in translation? Public Service Review: Central Government (Issue 19) (2009)
• Zimmern RL. and Brice PC. Realizing the potential of genomics: translation is not translational research. Genet Med. 2009 Dec;11(12):898-9.
• Brice P. and Zimmern R. The Public Health Genomics Enterprise in Human Genome Epidemiology, 2nd edition, ed. Khoury MJ et al., OUP (2008)
• Brice P. Testing Times Public Service Review: Central Government (Issue 18) (2009)
• Brice P. and Wright C. Medicines for the mechanisms Public Service Review: European Union (Issue 17) (2009)

Selected recent presentations:

• Speaker in Battle of Ideas debate, Genetics and genomics: medicine made to measure? 31 October 2009

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