{"id":761,"date":"2023-11-15T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/rarediseasegenomics\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:48:43","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/translationalgenomics\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core members of the team:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/26760-stuart-cannon\">Stuart Cannon<\/a> \u2013 <em>Research Associate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/41357-kartik-chundru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Kartik Chundru<\/a> \u2013 <em>Research Fellow in Genomics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dr Katharine Fitzpatrick<\/span> <\/strong>&#8211; <em>PARADIGM Project Manager<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: 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