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Kay Davies (Kay Elizabeth Partridge) was born on 1 April, 1951 in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, is a British geneticist and anatomist; educator. Discover Kay Davies's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Kay Elizabeth Partridge |
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| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
1 April, 1951 |
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1 April |
| Birthplace |
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Kay Davies Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Kay Davies's Husband?
Her husband is Stephen G. Davies (m. 1973-2000)
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Stephen G. Davies (m. 1973-2000) |
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Kay Davies Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kay Davies worth at the age of 72 years old? Kay Davies’s income source is mostly from being a successful Educator. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Kay Davies's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Educator |
Kay Davies Social Network
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Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies (née Partridge; born 1 April 1951) is a British geneticist.
She is Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.
She is director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) functional genetics unit, a governor of the Wellcome Trust, a director of the Oxford Centre for Gene Function, and a patron and Senior Member of Oxford University Scientific Society.
Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976 for research on the structure and function of chromatin from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
Davies's research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.
Davies was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire (now West Midlands).
She was educated at the Gig Mill School, Stourbridge County High School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Oxford.
In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.
DMD occurs when the dystrophin protein fails to express in muscle cells due to a mutation in the gene which codes for the protein.
In 1989 Davies discovered that the utrophin protein has similar properties to dystrophin and has since shown in mouse models that up regulation of the former protein in muscle cells can compensate for the absence of latter.
Davies is currently collaborating with European Research Council fellow Dr Peter Oliver investigating neurodegenerative and movement disorders.
Davies is director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) functional genetics unit, a governor of the Wellcome Trust and, with Frances Ashcroft and Peter Donnelly is a director of the Oxford Centre for Gene Function.
She was an Executive Editor of the journal Human Molecular Genetics.
and stepped down in 2021.
Davies was a founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 1998, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003.
Davies continued to work with her former husband, Stephen G. Davies, on scientific projects, even after their separation in 2000.
Their son {2006-2015} studied Biology and gained a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh.
She has been a Governor of the Wellcome Trust since 2008 and became Deputy chairman in 2013-18.
Already a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), she was advanced to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
In 2009 she was awarded the Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics by the Association for Molecular Pathology.
She is an Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, University of Oxford.
She gave the inaugural Rose Lecture at Kingston University in 2012 and delivered the Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians in 2013.
She was the recipient of the Women in to Science and Engineering (WISE) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.
Her former doctoral students include Irene Miguel-Aliaga and Sonja Vernes.
In 2015, she was awarded the William Allan Award by the American Society of Human Genetics.
She was appointed a Patron of The SMA Trust in September 2016.
Davies was awarded the Croonian Lecture by the Royal Society in 2018 for "her achievements in developing a prenatal test for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and for her work characterising the binding partners of the protein dystrophin".
Category:ISI highly cited researchers
In 2020, together with Richard P. Lifton, she co-chaired a commission report on the contentious subject of Hereditary Human Genome Editing, under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the UK Royal Society.
She has published more than 400 papers and won numerous awards for her work.
