Clinical Professor Institute of Medical Genetics Building, Cardiff
UNITED KINGDOM
Clinical Professor Institute of Medical Genetics Building, Cardiff.
Professor Clarke has contributed substantially to the clinical genetics community in Britain and more widely over the past two decades. These contributions include:
Board of the European Society of Human Genetics, 2014-
Represented Chief Medical Officer, Wales on Emerging Science and Bioethics Committee 2012-2014
Council of the British Society of Genetic Medicine 2012-2014
Member of Human Genetics Commission (2004-2012)
Member, Clinical Ethics Committee, Cardiff and Vale UHB (from 2008)
Editorial Boards of the eLS (Wiley Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences) and a number of learned journals (currently: Journal of Community Genetics; Communication & Medicine; Human Genetics; Genome Medicine)
Chair of the Ectodermal Dysplasia Society’s Medical Advisory Board (from 1998)
Chief Medical Advisor to Rett UK (Medical Adviser from 2001)
Co-Founder and Organiser of the UK Genethics Group (from 2000)
Member, Secretary and Chair of the JCHMT Speciality Advisory Committee on Training in Clinical Genetics (1993-2000)
Chair of Clinical Genetics Society Working Party on Genetic Testing of Children (Report 1994); subsequently member of working groups on the same topic for the British and European Societies of Human Genetics (reporting in 2010 and 2011)
Has supported the work of other Royal Colleges through terms on the Executive Committee, Surveillance Unit of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Research Advisory Board of Wellbeing (RCOG)
PUBLICATIONS:
A national survey of Rett syndrome: Age, clinical characteristics, current abilities, and health.
A national survey of Rett syndrome: behavioural characteristics.
How much further can large international databases take Rett syndrome research?