Siddharth Banka

Siddharth is a Professor of Genomic Medicine and Rare Diseases at the University of Manchester and a Consultant Clinical Geneticist at Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service. He is a Clinician Scientist whose research focusses on developmental and congenital malformation disorders. His research group consists of clinicians, bioinformaticians and fundamental scientists. He has led the identification of >25 novel genetic diseases, including several chromatinopathies. His group uses patient-derived materials and cellular models to uncover the pathophysiology of rare disorders to identify potential treatment targets. He is also conducting clinical trials for potential therapies for rare chromatinopathies. He has developed several national clinics for chromatinopathies, is closely associated with patients support groups of several epigenetic conditions and is experienced in organising complex networking and co-ordination activities. He holds the following positions of responsibility:

• Founding Clinical Director of the Manchester Rare Conditions Centre.
• Co-Director of the MRC/NIHR EpiGenRare Node in the UK Rare Disease Platform.
• Co-lead of the Rare Conditions Theme of the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.
• Co-lead of the NHS Rare & Inherited Disease Genomics Network of Excellence.