Francisca Donoso

Dr. Francisca Donoso is a Researcher at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (PHPC) at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Primary Care Unit (PCU). She holds a PhD in public health ethics and chronic disease from University College London (UCL), awarded in 2021. Her work focuses on conceptual and practical questions about justice and wellbeing in public health, particularly examining disparities between biomedical and patient perspectives on health risk-based decision-making.

Her research spans risk communication, chronic disease prevention, and clinical practice, with a focus on primary care and genetics clinics. She has led qualitative and mixed-methods studies, including the co-design of the CanRisk report and development of an online training program for primary care professionals on breast cancer risk prediction.

• Current Projects: Process evaluations of CanRisk implementation in primary care and NHS clinical genetics clinics
• Funding: Supported by Cancer Research UK (CanRisk programme)
• Expertise: Public health ethics, risk communication, qualitative research, co-design methodologies