DR ALEXANDER S.F. DONEY is a Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School. Dr Alex initially studied pure Genetics as a basic scientist and went on to a PhD in molecular genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and dyslipidaemia. He subsequently trained in clinical medicine specializing in Clinical Pharmacology and General Internal Medicine and currently directs the Acute Stroke Programme at Ninewells Hospital and Medical school. His interests in developing information technology as means of providing both improved patient care as well as a substrate for high quality genetic epidemiology studies have enabled him to continue developing his interest in genetics focusing on the genetic determinants of disease susceptibility and treatment response