Human Development & Genetics

Professor Graeme Black

Clinical Academic Section Lead for Human Development & Genetics

Graeme is Professor of Genetics and Ophthalmology at the University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant in Genetics and Ophthalmology at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Graeme is also Director of the Manchester Biomedical Research (BRC). His research interests centre on inherited disorders that are associated with visual disability and blindness, their causes and their management and he has published some 90 papers along with contributions to many books. Graeme qualified in Medicine at Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists as well as a Member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Human Development & Genetics Academic Section is closely aligned to the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in Genetics and Developmental Medicine. Major research capabilities in genetics and pregnancy are supported by extensive clinical expertise within the MAHSC partners including that at the new Royal Manchester Childrens’ Hospital, the largest in the UK.