Naomi Marshall

Naomi is a postdoctoral research assistant in the CELS group at the Centre for Human Genetics. She works alongside Susie Weller on two qualitative secondary analysis (QSA) projects – one funded by the ESRC and investigating genomic care; the other funded by the MRC-NIHR and exploring patients’ experiences of diagnostic liminality, which forms part of Rare Disease Research UK. 

Naomi is a medical anthropologist with a background in sociocultural anthropology. Her research interests include societal attitudes towards genetic difference, reproductive decision making, disability advocacy, and anti-eugenic reasoning. 

She recently completed her DPhil in anthropology at the University of Oxford. This doctoral research explored people’s experiences with the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and engaged with literature on genetic identity and biopolitics. 

Prior to her doctoral work, Naomi completed an MA in bioethics at Emory University as a Robert T. Jones Scholar. Her master’s thesis analysed the morally relevant distinctions between genetic trait selection techniques.