Hilary Burton, a founding member of the PHG Foundation, was Director from 2010 to 2017. After stepping down as Director, she held the position of Consultant in Public Health until formally retiring from the organisation on 1 April 2019. As an Associate, Hilary will be working on My Healthy Future and our work on personalised prevention in breast cancer.

Hilary is a highly experienced public health physician who believes that genomic science can, and should be used by public health professionals alongside the social and environmental determinants of health to bring about improvements in population health. Her special interests include the integration of genomics within mainstream medicine, genetics education for health professionals, and genomics and the developing world.