Jenny Matthews
Tel: 0161 276 5165
Professor Crow qualified in Medicine from Newcastle in 1991. He obtained his MRCP in adult medicine in Glasgow, worked in paediatrics in Stirling, and then undertook training in Clinical Genetics at Yorkhill Hospital (1996 - 1999). Inspired by Professor John Stephenson and Dr John Tolmie he became interested in neurogenetics and moved to Leeds where he undertook a PhD on the genetics of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) with Dr Geoff Woods and Sir Alex Markham. Between 2001 and 2006 he was a full-time NHS consultant in the Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, at which point he took up a post as Senior Lecturer in the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine working closely with Professor David Bonthron. In 2008 he became Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Manchester. Professor Crow's research focuses on conditions encountered in paediatric neurogenetic practice. His work on AGS has proved of considerable scientific interest by defining novel pathways linking nucleic acid metabolism with the immune system. Moreover, taking intracranial calcification as a diagnostic starting point has allowed for the delineation of a number of other clinical entities, the genetic basis of which are currently under investigation.