Biography:

Lauren is a senior neonatal registrar in Cambridge and London, UK. She studied Medicine at The University of Birmingham, from which she graduated with Honors in 2015. She achieved a distinction in her Master’s in Genomics with Imperial College London and published a review article on the uses of pre-natal whole exome sequencing in diagnosing fetal abnormalities. She has an interest in whole genome sequencing and applies her experience as a member of the RCPCH Genomics Working Group and as an ambassador for the charity Medics4RareDiseases. She is also a Central Committee member for NeoTRIPS – a national trainee-led study group.