Andrew Mumford is Professor of Haematology at the University of Bristol. He led enrolment to the 100,000 Genomes Project in the West-of-England and was Medical Director of the SW Genomic Laboratory Hub. He is now the Research Director of the SW NHS Genomic Medicine Service alliance, which is responsible for driving uptake of rare disease and cancer genomic medicine to the 5M population of SW England. Andrew co-leads the Bleeding and Platelet disorders programme in the NIHR rare disease BioResource and the Genomics England Haematology GeCIP. Andrew’s research focusses on rare inherited blood and cardiovascular disorders and population genetics of blood cell and thrombosis traits.