Prof. D. Gareth R. Evans University of Manchester, UK

Professor Evans has established a national/international reputation in clinical and research aspects of cancer genetics, particularly in neurofibromatosis, Gorlin Syndrome and breast cancer. He has published 547 peer reviewed articles; 204 as first /senior author. He is an important opinion leader nationally through membership of committees and was chairman of... read morethe NICE Familial Breast Cancer Guideline Development Group (2002-2010) and now Clinical Lead (2011-). In the last 5 years he raised over £10 million in grants for multicentre and local studies -approximately £4 million to Manchester including as PI of a £1.59 million NIHR programme grant. He is medical advisor to the UK Gorlin Group and a trustee of the Neuro Foundation for neurofibromatosis.