John McDermott

Dr John McDermott is a Clinical Geneticist and an NIHR Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He was appointed as the UK’s first Academic Clinical Fellow in Genomic Medicine in 2016. Working at the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine (MCGM) his research focuses on the application genetic and genomic technologies in the acute and everyday healthcare settings. He has a particular interest in the integration of pharmacogenetics into routine clinical practice and he is currently leading a programme of work investigating models for implementation within the NHS.