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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.

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.

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.

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.