Denise Barnes is the lead midwife for genomics in North East & Yorkshire GMSA. Pursuing a career in genomics resulted in the role of midwifery lead on two regional perinatal transformation projects, increasing her understanding of the challenges of embedding genomics into maternity care. With a specialist interest and clinical experience in fetal and maternal medicine, she is committed to improving awareness of genomics in the maternity care pathway and exploring a personalised offer of referral and support from genomics services for women and their families.