About Richard Houlston
Born 1956. Richard Houlston is a researcher.
Richard Somerset Houlston (born 10 July 1956)
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 (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2010 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017.
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British medical geneticist (born 1956)
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Richard Houlston was born on 10 July 1956.
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