Richard Houlston

Richard Somerset Houlston is a British medical geneticist. He is a professor of molecular and population genetics at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.

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Education

Houlston graduated BSc, MB BS from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, University of London and was subsequently awarded MD and PhD degrees from the University of London and a DSc from Imperial College, London.

Research and career

The main focus of his research is the identification and characterisation of genetic susceptibility to cancer.

Awards and honours

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017.