Sandy Starr
deputy director, Progress Educational Trust

Sandy Starr is deputy director of the Progress Educational Trust (PET), a charity which improves choices for people affected by infertility and genetic conditions. PET advances public understanding of science, law and ethics in the fields of human genetics, human reproduction, embryology and stem cell research.

Recently, Sandy has worked with the British Society for Genetic Medicine on the development of guidelines concerning prenatal genetic diagnosis, both in relation to ethical issues in general and in relation to cancer susceptibility in particular. He has also served on the oversight groups for Genomics England’s public dialogue projects Genomic Medicine: Time for a New Social Contract? and Implications of Whole Genome Sequencing for Newborn Screening.

Sandy has addressed MPs in the UK parliament on the subject of human embryo research, debated the morality of genetics on the Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4, and been interviewed about mitochondrial donation on the BBC World Service programme Newshour and in the book Legalising Mitochondrial Donation. He has written about genome editing in the British Medical Bulletin, the European Journal and Microbiology Today, and has written about the role of genetics in education in Teachwire.

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