Sarah Ennis, University of Southampton
Sarah Ennis
Professor of Genomics
University of Southampton

Sarah is Professor of Genomics running the University of Southampton Genomic Informatics Research Laboratory. With ~200 published research papers, her research focuses on the analysis of genomic data for the purposes of (novel) disease gene detection, genomic diagnostics, prognostics and prediction; and the development, testing and application of methods to optimise genomic data modelling. She is Chief Investigator of NIHR studies recruiting patients and extracting high-integrity longitudinal clinical data from electronic patient records. Research projects use these local data in addition to Genomics England and UKBiobank datasets. Sarah is a Research Director within the Central & South Genomics Medicine Service and a project-lead within the Genomic AI Network of Excellence. Across these roles, she works closely with BRCs and SDEs to reduce barriers to increase the value of genomic data to patients and public