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Academic
Alex Horsley
Professor, University of Manchester
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 17 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Alex Horsley: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor, University of Manchester
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention, Rare diseases
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 5 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 17 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Alex Horsley sits on rare diseases
Quoted
Quoted in the press on rare diseases.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
- Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)Leading
- Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS EnglandLeading
- Dr Rich ScottSector leaderChief Executive Officer of Genomics EnglandLeading
- Dr Rebeccah TomlinsonClinician
- Robert Harmon, PhDAcademicresearch assistant professor of Pathology
- Alex HorsleyAcademicProfessor, University of Manchester
- Haydar FrangoulClinicianmedical director of HCA Healthcare's Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Programme at TriStar Centennial Children's Hospital
- Dr Anil JoshiClinicianconsultant ENT and facial plastic surgeon
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05 On the record · press
What Alex Horsley has said
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- manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Where Alex Horsley has been quoted
- The true impact of wildfires on your health following moorland devastationmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 5 Aug 2026
- People living with one condition 'uniquely vulnerable' to super flu, scientist warns - Manchester Evening Newsmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 17 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Alex Horsley: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Public health & prevention
- public health
- preventative healthcare
- prevention agenda
- health prevention
- obesity strategy
- childhood obesity
- smoking cessation
- smoke-free
Also searched with “public health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Public health & prevention
Rare diseases
- rare disease
- rare conditions
- orphan drugs
- genetic disorder
- cystic fibrosis
- motor neurone disease
- muscular dystrophy
- Huntington
Also searched with “rare disease” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Rare diseases
Verbatim
“Following the simple but often repeated instruction of going indoors and shutting the windows will only give you some protection from wildfire smoke, and keeps heat in the home.”
“For people with CF, the winter wave of flu and flu-like illnesses can be especially challenging and damaging.”
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