Supported by Illumina, the Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance presented a Genomics in Medicine Symposium at the Walter and Eliza Medical Institute on September 12, 2014. The event was attended by more than 200 people from the health industry, including physicians, genetics professionals, laboratory scientists and bioinformaticians. The aim of the symposium was to provide an understanding of the fundamentals of genomic technologies in clinical care, the impact of genomics on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, ethical issues relating to re-use of genomic data and what should be done about incidental findings. The symposium was also attended by two patient organisations, Unicorn Foundation and Rare Cancer Group, who represented the interests of consumers.
Speakers included:
- Daniel Grosu, VP, Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, Illumina Inc.
- A/Prof Clara Gaff, Program Leader, Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance
- Dr Sue White, Clinical Geneticist, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
- A/Prof Lynn Gillam, Clinical Ethicist, Royal Children's Hospital and University of Melbourne
- A/Prof Paul James, Clinical Geneticist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Dr Jayesh Desai, Medical Oncologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital / Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Dr Jason Tye-Din, Head, Coeliac Research, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Gastroenterologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- A/Prof Alison Trainer, Clinical Geneticist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Prof Martin Delatycki, Clinical Geneticist, Austin Health and Co-Head, Bruce Lefroy Centre, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
- Prof Ingrid Winship, Director, Research Directorate & Clinical Geneticist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Mr Sam Mostafa, Director of Pharmacy Services, GenesFx Health
- Dr Jeremy Kenner, Expert Advisor – Ethics | Research Translation Group, NHMRC