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Dr. Sunayna Best is a Clinical Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds, within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. She is currently undertaking a PhD in genomic medicine, focusing on variant interpretation in inherited retinal diseases and ciliopathies, supported by a Wellcome 4Ward North Clinical PhD Fellowship.
Her educational background includes:
- MBBS with Distinction, University College London (2012)
- BSc in Clinical Sciences with Human Genetics, 1st Class Honours, University College London (2009)
- MSc in Genomic Medicine with Distinction, Imperial College London
Her research is centered on improving diagnostic yield in medical genomics through advanced variant interpretation pipelines. Her primary interests include ciliopathies, inherited eye diseases, and genotype-phenotype correlations. She has conducted research on renal complications in Bardet-Biedl syndrome and laterality defects in primary ciliary dyskinesia during her Academic Clinical Fellowship at Imperial College London.
She is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and contributes to medical education by teaching genetics workshops to second-year medical students at Leeds.
Her scientific recognition includes the prestigious Wellcome 4Ward North Clinical PhD Fellowship. She is supervised by Professor Colin Johnson, Professor Chris Inglehearn, and Dr Carmel Toomes at Leeds, and Professor Neil Hanley at Manchester.
She is actively engaged in research and teaching, with no indication of part-time status or former/retired status.
