Andrew H. Crosby

I am human (medical) molecular geneticist undertaking internationally leading research in the field of rare genetic disease and disease gene identification. The success of my work is evidenced by the number of novel disease genes identified by my group, now numbering >70, representing a significant achievement for a research group not affiliated with a large-scale genome sequencing program. These genetic discoveries have their foundation in international community based clinical-genetic research programs which I established ~20 years ago, in particular in Oman and in the Amish community (see www.WOHproject.com). Throughout my career I have held numerous leadership and university administrative positions. This includes the award of the Birth Defects Foundation Personal Professorial Chair while serving as Departmental Head of the Genomics Research Centre (2010-2013, St George’s University London, UK), a core strategic component of an internationally-recognised and dynamic research led and teaching institution. I held this position until my departure to take up a Professorial Chair at the University of Exeter, where I am currently based. Throughout my career I have placed a great emphasis on postgraduate training and development, which is borne out by my successful supervision and sponsorship of 52 postgraduate (27 PhD, 25 Masters) project-based students to date. Since my first independent academic appointment 21 years ago I have maintained a well-funded research group, raising >£5 million in grant income. The work of our research team is routinely published in leading high impact scientific journals, and I have to date co-authored >120 peer reviewed research manuscripts.