Prof. Serena Nik-Zainal

Serena Nik-Zainal, MD, PhD, is professor of genomic medicine and bioinformatics and an honorary consultant in clinical genetics at the University of Cambridge. Prof. Nik-Zainal has dedicated her career to studying the physiology of cancer mutagenesis via a combination of computational and experimental work, as well as validation with clinical data. Among the many awards she has earned for her work, she has recently received the 2024 ESMO Award for Translational Research, for the research in the field of mutational signatures and her efforts in translating their use into clinics.