Dr. Alison Todd describes herself as an “inventor at heart,” but she’s not the sort of inventor who tinkers with gears in a workshop. Instead, she invents new tools in medical diagnostics, developing better ways to identify gene sequences and how they impact disease. Rather than screwdrivers and hammers, her instruments are the building blocks of life itself: human DNA.
“We develop tests that help guide clinicians toward the best therapies that have the best outcomes,” she explains. “I have a huge job, but the bit I’m passionate about is the inventing.”
As an inventor on 20 patent families that include more than 160 granted patents and another 87 pending, she’s
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