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Personalised health

Our world leading personalised health research paves the way for uniquely treating individuals based on their genetics and other health data.

Our vision is a world where every patient receives the right drugs at optimal doses. This means maximising tolerability, and pre-empting and managing adverse drug reactions. This personalised approach maximises the efficiency of treatment while improving patient quality of life.

Our world leading personalised health research has significant implications across the whole spectrum of pharmaceutical production and delivery. Most importantly it benefits the wellbeing of patients and society as a whole, helping us make a difference in the world.

Personalised health research activities

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Paediatric medicine: improving outcomes

Explore our important work into finding the best choice and optimal dose of medicines for children.

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Cancer testing and health inequalities

Find out more about our research into the socioeconomic factors affecting genetic testing uptake.

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Non-invasive techniques to customise treatment of eye diseases

Discover how our researchers are developing new imaging techniques to diagnose and treat eye pathologies in a personalised manner.

Meet some of our leading academics in personalised health research:

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed

Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology

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Professor Robert Sutton

Professor Robert Sutton

Professor of Surgery

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Professor Sarah Coupland

Professor Sarah Coupland

George Holt Chair in Pathology, Honorary Consultant Histopathologist

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Professor Andrew Morris

Professor Andrew Morris

Chair in Statistical Genetics

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Professor Paula Williamson

Professor Paula Williamson

Professor of Medical Statistics

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Dr Anna Olsson-Brown

Dr Anna Olsson-Brown

Medical Oncology registrar at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

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Dr Lauren Walker

Dr Lauren Walker

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Professor Michael Beresford

Professor Michael Beresford

Brough Chair, Professor of Child Health

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Professor Francesco Falciani

Professor Francesco Falciani

Functional and Comparative Genomics

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Dr Vincent Yip

Dr Vincent Yip

NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology

Dr Dan Hawcutt

Dr Dan Hawcutt

Senior Lecturer Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology

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Professor Saye Khoo

Professor Saye Khoo

Professor in the Department of Pharmacology

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