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Mon, 09/05/2016 - 11:20

Celebrating 50 years of Newborn Bloodspot Screening in Victoria

In 2016, Victoria is celebrating 50 years of the newborn bloodspot screening program. Based at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, The Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) plays a vital role in this program. VCGS operates the screening laboratory for the State and has analysed nearly 80,000 newborn bloodspot samples in 2015.

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Professor Ravi Savarirayan

Ravi is a consultant clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, as well as Professor and Research Group Leader (Skeletal Biology and Disease) at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Ravi received his MBBS from the University of Adelaide in 1990 and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1997. He was certified as a specialist in clinical genetics from the Human Genetics Society of Australasia in 1998 and received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Melbourne in 2004, for his thesis “Clinical and molecular studies in the osteochondrodysplasias.”Ravi is a founding member of the Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium and has been the Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Clinical Genetics, Royal Australasian College of Physicians since 2009. He was president of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Society from 2009 to 2011 and has been an invited member of several International Working Committees on Constitutional Diseases of Bone. Ravi's primary research focus is on inherited disorders of the skeleton causing short stature, arthritis and osteoporosis. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, collaborating with peers from over 30 countries, and is on the editorial board of Human Mutation, European Journal of Human Genetics, American Journal of Medical Genetics and Journal of Medical Genetics.
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Dr Zornitza Stark

Zornitza completed her medical studies, including an intercalated science degree with first class honours, at the University of Oxford, UK. This was followed by basic paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and advanced training in clinical genetics at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS). She was appointed as a consultant at VCGS in 2011. Her main areas of practice are reproductive and paediatric genetics, with a special interest in the clinical application of genomic testing technologies for the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions.
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Dr George McGillivray

George is a clinical geneticist and leading prenatal geneticist from Melbourne, Australia. He has 15 years experience working at the Royal Women’s Hospital and the Mercy Hospital. George runs a neurogenetics clinic at the Royal Children’s Hospital and a fetal neurology clinic at the Mercy. His research collaborations include the genetics of brain disorders and accelerated gene identification programs at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.George provides clinical liaison for the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services Pathology providing prenatal microarray and cell-free DNA testing. His publications cover prenatal diagnosis, ethics, gene discovery and neurogenetics. He is an author of guidelines for the Royal Australasian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Associate Professor Sue White

Sue is the Deputy Clinical Director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) and is a clinical geneticist with a clinical and research interest in syndromes of childhood. Sue works with families trying to reach answers for their child’s suspected genetic problems. Alongside the VCGS laboratory team, Sue has led the implementation of exome sequencing at The Royal Children’s Hospital.
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Associate Professor Tiong Tan

Tiong is a clinical geneticist with a PhD in developmental biology. He sees children and families affected by genetic conditions and has particular interests in craniofacial disorders, genodermatoses, and genomics for gene discovery research and clinical diagnostics. As a clinician-scientist, his research focuses on understanding the cause of rare conditions in order to help affected patients.
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Dr Alison Yeung

Alison is a clinical geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services. She completed her combined training in paediatrics and clinical genetics in 2007, followed by a clinical genetics and metabolics fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto. She currently runs a number of prenatal and paediatric genetics clinics at the Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre, as well as outreach genetics in regional Victoria. Dr Yeung's clinical interests include clinical dysmorphology, prenatal genetics, and ocular genetics. A more recent research focus has been the translation of new genetic testing technologies into clinical care.
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Professor John Christodoulou AM

John has trained in paediatrics, medical genetics and genetic pathology. In January 2016 he relocated from Sydney, and took up the inaugural Chair of Genomic Medicine at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. He has active laboratory-based research programs in Rett syndrome, phenylketonuria (PKU) and the mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders. A major research focus is the application of next generation sequencing technologies for disease gene discovery in rare Mendelian disorders. He has co-authored over 240 research papers (74 relating to Rett syndrome and related disorders), 11 major reviews and contributed to 14 book chapters (two relating to Rett syndrome – published in 2018).John is a former President of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (2005-2007), and member of the Human Genetics Advisory Committee (2009-2015). In 2010 he became a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to human genetics, particularly the metabolic disorders of children, as a researcher and clinician.
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Ivan Macciocca

Ivan is a certified genetic counsellor with more than 15 years experience in a range of genetic counselling roles. His current role as Principal Genetic Counsellor at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS) includes clinical, management and strategic planning responsibilities. Ivan has played an integral role in the establishment of new clinical genetics services, especially in regional Victoria and in the field of cardiac genetics. He also contributed to the establishment of the next-generation sequencing test for inherited heart conditions offered by the VCGS and completed a Masters thesis on the impact of genetic testing for these conditions. He was seconded to Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance as clinical project manager for 2 years and is the incoming chairperson of the Australasian Society of Genetic Counsellors.
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