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Genomics England: Mark Caulfield

Jul 01, 2021

Mark Caulfield will be leaving his role as chief scientist at Genomics England at the end of July.

Caulfield joined Genomics England in 2013 and led oversight and delivery of the 100,000 Genomes Project. More recently, he worked with NHS England to create the UK National Genomic Test Directory and NHS Genomic Medicine Service.

He will be taking up the role of CEO at Barts Life Sciences, a research and innovation partnership between Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.

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