Books By Chris (NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, University College London and Consultant Genetic Counsellor in Cancer Genetics, D Jacobs - Author

Prior to becoming a genetic counsellor, Chris was an experienced critical care nurse and transplant coordinator. She was appointed to the post of Consultant Genetic Counsellor in Cancer Genetics in 2006 and has led/ jointly led the cancer genetics service for the South East of England since 2008. In addition to providing genetic counselling, her service development experience has included setting up and establishing a network of cancer risk assessment clinics and establishing and running a BRCA family service for patients with BRCA1/2 gene mutations and developing, implementing a rapid breast cancer risk assessment service and Mismatch Repair gene testing service. Her educational and research interests are in improving communication and understanding about cancer genetics. Chris is the clinical lead for the Advanced Healthcare Practice in Cancer Genetics course, run jointly by King's College London and St. George's University of London and Kingston University. Lorraine Robinson has worked as a Lecturer for s