Head of Genetic Counseling at University of Technology Sydney.
She is the current president of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia.
She earlier served as Senior Genetic Counselor in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Associate Professor, Division of Genomic Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics & Ophthalmology at University of California, Davis.
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Pre-Registration Genetic Counsellor in General, Cancer and Prenatal Genetics with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Connect NowJennifer Farmer is the Chief Executive Officer of the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance.
Jennifer has a Master's degree in Genetic Counseling and prior to joining FARA she worked at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Genetic Counseling, College of Health Professions and Program Manager Heartland Genetics Services Collaborative University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Ms Juliana Lee is the first genetic counsellor from Malaysia to be certified by the Human Genetic Society of Australasia (HGSA). She is a registered genetic counsellor with HGSA and a registered counselor with the Board of Counsellors Malaysia. She obtained her BSc. (Hons.) in Genetics from the National University of Malaysia in 2002, completed the Graduate Diploma in Genetic Counselling at the University of Melbourne in 2003 and graduated with Master of Counselling from University of Malaya in 2009. She began practice at the University Malaya Medical Centre in 2004 till 2014 before moving to private practice. Throughout her career, she has made significant contributions to the development of the genetic counselling profession especially in Malaysia and aims to improve access to genetic counselling services among the Asian community. She is also the founding member of the Malaysian Rare Disorders Society (MRDS), President of the Professional Society of Genetic Counselors in Asia (PSGCA), Secretary of the Genetic Counselling Society Malaysia (GCSM) and a visiting lecturer in the Master of Medical Science (Genetic Counselling) programme in the National University of Malaysia.
Connect NowTrained in Medicine and Paediatrics at Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, India. Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neurology and Genetics at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi from 1992-1994. Trained in Clinical Genetics at Kennedy-Galton Centre, Harrow, UK. Appointed Consultant Clinical Geneticist at Nottingham City Hospital in April 1999. Elected to FRCP of Royal Colleges of Physicians in July 2003. Main subspecialty interests include Clinical Dysmorphology, Skeletal Dysplasias, Paediatric Ataxia-Telangiectasia, Genodermatoses, Primary Lymphoedemas and Lymphovascular Malformations. I have been running the Nottingham Skeletal Dysplasia Clinic since July 2000 and am the Clinical Lead for the National Paediatric Ataxia-Telangiectasia Clinic. Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. Associate Editor of Journal of Medical Genetics and European Journal of Medical Genetics.
Niecy Grace Ganza-Bautista is a genetic counselor and clinical researcher at Sunshine Care Foundation for Neurological Care and Research in the Philippines since 2017. She sees patients with neurological movement disorders, particularly X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism. She works closely with scientists, researchers and clinicians from Collaborative Center for X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism to advance research and clinical care for people with this neurodegenerative disorder.
Ms. Ganza-Bautista received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Silliman University, and Masters of Science in Genetic Counseling degree from the University of the Philippines - Manila.
Affiliations:
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Head, Graduate Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Retinoblastoma Care Co-Ordinator; Clinical Research Co-ordinator; and Senior Clinical Orthoptist
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria Australia
Research Fellow, Clinical Genetics Unit, Centre for Eye Research Australia
Hon. Fellow, Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne
Hon. Clinical Associate, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne
Research Genetic Counsellor and Orthoptist, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne Australia
Senior Orthoptist, Ocular Diagnostic Clinic and Ocular Genetics Clinic Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia
Director of Molecular and Cellular Biology Division, National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Head of Japan Eye Genetics Consortium
President of Global Eye Genetics Consortium
Meeting Liaison of International Society for Eye Research
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
National Eye Institute
Participate and counsel patients seen in the Ophthalmic Genetics clinic
Coordinate the X-linked Juvenile Retinoschisis natural history protocol
Cardiogenetics, Washington, D.C.
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Developed Medstar’s first cardiogenetics clinic across multiple cardiovascular specialties and Medstar hospitals and clinic in the DC metro area.
Led and developed Medstar’s telegenetic counseling service to bring cardiogenetic counseling to individuals in Baltimore, MD
Counseling patients for arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and aortic syndromes. Educating physicians in appropriate testing strategies and limitations of genetic testing.
Oncology, Washington, D.C.
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Head of Genetics Department, Queens Medical Center, Honululu
Co-founder, Medical director, Codex genetics Center of Excellence
Exclusive partner, Egypt, Perkin ElmerGenomics PVT, USA