Anneke Lucassen is Professor of Genomic Medicine and Director of the Centre for Personalised Medicine within the Nuffield dept at Oxford University. Her research group (Clinical Ethics, Law and Society) addresses the promises and challenges of genomic discovery in practice and its impact on patients and society. She co-founded the UKGenethics Forum , a national professional forum which has been addressing practical ethical issues arising in Genetic/ Genomic medicine since 2001. She was on the Human Genetics Commission; the Nuffield Council of Bioethics; the HFEA scientific review of treatment of mitochondrial diseases and is a member of Genomics England Ethics Advisory committee. She was the inaugural chair of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM) Ethics and Policy committee, and chaired the society from 2016-2020. Professor Lucassen chairs the ethics advisory committee of UK Biobank and the joint committee of genomic medicine (a Royal College of Physician/ Pathology committee). She is a member of the National Screening Committee and an honorary consultant in Clinical Genetics at Oxford University Hospital Trust