Dr Clare Craig: The pathologist who did her own research.

Dr Clare Craig FRCPath Diagnostic Pathologist

Clare has been a pathologist since 2001 working in the NHS and reaching consultant level in 2009.

She specialised in cancer diagnostics including diagnostic testing for cancer within mass screening programmes and was the day to day pathology lead for the cancer arm of the 100,000 Genomes Project. 
Clare was also clinical lead for the data team and led on research and development projects at Genomics England and wrote national guidance and helped build bespoke software, working closely with NHSE. Subsequently she has worked on artificial intelligence for cancer diagnostics.

Here she speaks about her personal story about what it was like to speak up during the pandemic response, the backlash she experienced, the support she has received, the impact it has had on her life and how it has changed her perspective.

This episode was recorded in October 2025. For more information on what Clare is doing now, you can follow her here:
hartgroup.org
and on X @clarecraigpath
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