The European Society of Human Genetics Conference (ESHG)
Speakers
Dr. Lucy Burkitt-Gray
Lead Data Analyst for UK Biobank at the Manchester Coordinating Centre
Lucy Burkitt-Gray leads a team of Data Analysts and Bioinformaticians based at the headquarters of UK Biobank in Manchester, UK. Lucy moved to UK Biobank in 2019, and has since worked to deliver to the public large new datasets such as whole exome and whole genome sequencing of UK Biobank’s 500,000 participants. Lucy is passionate about widening access to highly valuable research cohorts, and as such is proud to be part of the transformation of the UK Biobank resource onto their cloud-based Research Analysis Platform. Lucy has a PhD in Computational Infection Biology from University College Dublin (2014-2019), and an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (2011-2014).
Dr. Melissa Miller
Director of Human Genetics, Internal Medicine Research Unit, Pfizer
Melissa Miller is a genetic epidemiologist with a focus in understanding how genetic variation contributes to common, complex diseases like type 2 diabetes and obesity. Currently, she is part of the Human Genetics research group at Pfizer Inc. Her roles are to use human genetics and other human biology to help support drug discovery and development for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Her specialties include epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and clinical research.