Speakers

Jessica Keen is the Pharmacy Lead at the NHS NorthWest Genomic Medicines Service Alliance in the UK, working to embed genomic medicine into routine clinical pathways and ensure equity of access to genomic testing and treatments for patients. She has particular interest in the role of pharmacy teams and the wider workforce in the implementation of pharmacogenomics in the NHS. She is the pharmacy lead for the PROGRESS programme (Delivering Pharmacogenetics for the NHS) and part of the NHSE Network of Excellence in Pharmacogenomics and Medicines Optimisation. Her background is as an oncology pharmacist prescriber, specialising in Upper GI cancers and electronic prescribing. As a prescriber she has seen the benefit of genomics to inform treatment from diagnosis through to stratification and medicines optimisation. She is a member of the BOPA Genomics Special Interest Group. Having completed an MSc in Genomic Medicine, she is now a Pre-doctoral Research Fellow funded by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, focusing on the implementation of pharmacogenomics in cancer.