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Helen V. Firth

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB
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Area of research
Genetics · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research interests include Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics.
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74
citations
24,371
works
545
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Multiple and novel molecular mechanisms in TUBA1A-related tubulinopathy: insights from deep clinical and neuroradiological phenotyping.
medRxiv 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Examining the role of common variants in rare neurodevelopmental conditions
Nature 2024cited by 50position: middledoi
Loss of transient receptor potential channel 5 causes obesity and postpartum depression
Cell 2024cited by 36position: middledoi
The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world
Nucleic Acids Research 2023cited by 353position: middledoi
A human embryonic limb cell atlas resolved in space and time
Nature 2023cited by 120position: middledoi
Toward robust clinical genome interpretation: Developing a consistent terminology to characterize Mendelian disease-gene relationships—allelic requirement, inheritance modes, and disease mechanisms
Genetics in Medicine 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
The Gene Curation Coalition: A global effort to harmonize gene–disease evidence resources
Genetics in Medicine 2022cited by 156position: middledoi
Recommendations for whole genome sequencing in diagnostics for rare diseases
European Journal of Human Genetics 2022cited by 123position: middledoi
GA4GH: International policies and standards for data sharing across genomic research and healthcare
Cell Genomics 2021cited by 290position: middledoi
Pathogenic SPTBN1 variants cause an autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental syndrome
Nature Genetics 2021cited by 107position: middledoi
Structural mapping of GABRB3 variants reveals genotype–phenotype correlations
Genetics in Medicine 2021cited by 22position: middledoi
A framework for an evidence-based gene list relevant to autism spectrum disorder
Nature Reviews Genetics 2020cited by 147position: middledoi
De novo SMARCA2 variants clustered outside the helicase domain cause a new recognizable syndrome with intellectual disability and blepharophimosis distinct from Nicolaides–Baraitser syndrome
Genetics in Medicine 2020cited by 51position: middledoi
Trappc9 deficiency causes parent-of-origin dependent microcephaly and obesity
PLoS Genetics 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
Meta-analysis and multidisciplinary consensus statement: exome sequencing is a first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders
Genetics in Medicine 2019cited by 706position: middledoi
Contribution of retrotransposition to developmental disorders
Nature Communications 2019cited by 60position: middledoi
Towards controlled terminology for reporting germline cancer susceptibility variants: an ENIGMA report
Journal of Medical Genetics 2019cited by 56position: middledoi
Enabling Global Clinical Collaborations on Identifiable Patient Data: The Minerva Initiative
Frontiers in Genetics 2019cited by 19position: middledoi
De novo mutations in regulatory elements in neurodevelopmental disorders
Nature 2018cited by 307position: middledoi
Quantifying the contribution of recessive coding variation to developmental disorders
Science 2018cited by 221position: middledoi
Registered access: authorizing data access
European Journal of Human Genetics 2018cited by 48position: middledoi
Clinical and molecular consequences of disease-associated de novo mutations in SATB2
Genetics in Medicine 2017cited by 61position: middledoi
The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2017
Nucleic Acids Research 2016cited by 800position: middledoi
Distinct genetic architectures for syndromic and nonsyndromic congenital heart defects identified by exome sequencing
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 466position: middledoi
Consensus Statement on next-generation-sequencing-based diagnostic testing of hereditary phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas
Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2016cited by 265position: middledoi
Heterozygous<i>KIDINS220/ARMS</i>nonsense variants cause spastic paraplegia, intellectual disability, nystagmus, and obesity
Human Molecular Genetics 2016cited by 56position: middledoi
The Matchmaker Exchange: A Platform for Rare Disease Gene Discovery
Human Mutation 2015cited by 485position: middledoi
Attitudes of nearly 7000 health professionals, genomic researchers and publics toward the return of incidental results from sequencing research
European Journal of Human Genetics 2015cited by 203position: middledoi
The Koolen-de Vries syndrome: a phenotypic comparison of patients with a 17q21.31 microdeletion versus a KANSL1 sequence variant
European Journal of Human Genetics 2015cited by 186position: middledoi
Chromosome 22q12.1 microdeletions: confirmation of the MN1 gene as a candidate gene for cleft palate
European Journal of Human Genetics 2015cited by 45position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Matthew E. Hurles · Wellcome Sanger Institute5 papers (2015–2024)Caroline F. Wright · University of Exeter4 papers (2015–2024)Stephen W. Scherer · Children's Hospital3 papers (2012–2020)David Fitzpatrick · University of Edinburgh2 papers (2018–2019) · 2 papers (2012–2012)Eugene Bragin · Quest Diagnostics (United Kingdom)2 papers (2015–2015)Koenraad Devriendt · Centre For Human Genetics2 papers (2012–2015)Joris Vermeesch · KU Leuven2 papers (2012–2015)Giuseppe Gallone · National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology2 papers (2018–2019)Patrick Short · Wellcome Sanger Institute2 papers (2018–2019)Ny Hoang · Amgen (Canada)2 papers (2019–2020) · 2 papers (2012–2012) · 2 papers (2012–2012)Joris Andrieux · Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre2 papers (2012–2012)Kira A. Dies · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston2 papers (2019–2020)Anna Middleton · University of Cambridge2 papers (2015–2015)David H. Ledbetter · Florida State University2 papers (2012–2019)Katherine I. Morley · RAND Europe2 papers (2015–2015)Ann‐Charlotte Thuresson · Science for Life Laboratory2 papers (2012–2012)Kaitlin E. Samocha · Broad Institute2 papers (2019–2024)
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