Veronica van Heyningen

Veronica van Heyningen
Born	(1946-11-12) November 12, 1946 (age 70)
Fields	Human genetics Developmental biology Cis-regulatory control Phenotype variability PAX6
Institutions	University of Edinburgh MRC Human Genetics Unit University College London National Museums Scotland The Genome Analysis Centre
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge (BA, MA) Northwestern University (MS) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis	Mitochondrial and other enzymes in somatic cell hybrids (1973)
Doctoral advisor	Walter Bodmer
Influenced	Sarah Teichmann
Notable awards	CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci
Spouse	Simon van Heyningen
Website iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=VVANH41

Professor Veronica van Heyningen CBE FRS FMedSci (née Daniel, born 12 November 1946) is a British geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia. She was head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and the president of The Genetics Society.

van Heyningen studied Natural Sciences (genetics) at the University of Cambridge, and at Northwestern University. She went to study for a DPhil at the University of Oxford in early gene mapping studies using somatic cell hybrids, with Walter Bodmer.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

In 1968 she married Simon van Heyningen. She was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's "The Life Scientific" in 2014.

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