Professor Diana Baralle BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Professor of Genomic Medicine and Consultant in Clinical Genetics
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Professor Baralle is Professor of Genomic Medicine and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
She was also awarded the prestigious NIHR Research Professorship in 2017.
Having graduated in medicine from the University of London, she trained first in Paediatrics and then Clinical Genetics. She completed her MD and research training fellowship in the Department of Pathology, Cambridge University working on the molecular pathology of NF1. She held an academic position in Cambridge before her current appointment in Southampton and combines her clinical work with research.
Professor Baralle’s leads a group that investigates the role of RNA and splicing in genetic disease, new methods for genetic diagnostic testing, and the causes of rare disease syndromes. She is clinical specialty lead for Genetics for the Wessex CRN. Her group comprises both clinical and non-clinical scientists and students.
She is a consultant in Clinical Genetics at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, and has general genetics clinics as well as a specialist oculogenetics clinic.
Degree Qualifications
BSc Genetics, University College, University of London 1990
MBBS University College, University of London 1993
MD University of London 2005
FRCP Royal College of Physicians 2011
Appointments
Associate Dean Research 2021-present
NIHR Research Professor, University of Southampton 2017-present
Professor of Genomic Medicine and Honorary Consultant Clinical Genetics University of Southampton and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 2017-present
Hefce Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant. University of Southampton and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 2011- 2016.
Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer. Wessex Clinical Genetics Department , Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. 2007-2011.
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant. Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge and Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. 2003-2007.
Research Training Fellow/Hon.Specialist Registrar. Action Medical Research Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge 2003-2007