2024 Program
Symposium Program
Adelaide Convention Centre | Riverbank Room 6 | Registrations 8.00am - 8.45am
Times are in ACST - Virtual Registrations please adjust for your timezone
8.45am - 9.00am
Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
Professor Andrew Mallett | Director, KidGen Collaborative
Session 1
Chair:
Prof Zornitza Stark
Risk Assessment
9.00am - 9.45am
Population-Scale Genomic Medicine
Professor Daniel MacArthur | Centre for Population Genomics
9.45am - 10.30am
Polygenic Risk Scores & Chronic Disease
Professor Paul Lacaze | Monash University
10.30am - 11.00am
Morning Tea
Session 2
Chair:
Prof Randall Faull
Genetic Testing - Is it all Equal?
11.00am - 11.35am
Medicare Rebated Genetic Testing - Practical Aspects of Requesting Testing and Interpreting Results
Dr Chirag Patel | Genetic Health Queensland
11.35am - 12.10pm
Consideration of (unconscious) Gender Bias in Access to Genetic Testing in ANZ
Dr Melanie Wyld | Westmead Hospital & University of Sydney
12.10pm - 12.30pm
Latest Technology Advances
Associate Professor Sebastian Lunke | Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch
Session 3
Chair:
Dr Hugh McCarthy
Genetics in Kidney Care - Combined KidGen | Update Course
1.30pm - 2.00pm
Renal Genetic and Tubular Disorders in the UK - a model for patient care and research
Professor Fiona Karet | University of Cambridge, UK
2.00pm - 2.30pm
UMOD as a Paradigm for the Genetic Architecture of Kidney Disease
Professor Olivier Devuyst | University of Zurich, Switzerland
2.30pm - 3.00pm
The Future of Kidney Care: Applying Genomics in Nephrology Practice
Dr Amali Mallawaarachchi | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
Consumer and Patient / Family
3.30pm - 4.15pm
4.15pm - 5.00pm
Chair:
Vanessa Huntley
Session 4
Navigating Transition to Adult Services with Rare Disease
Dr Colin Derrick | Perth Children’s Hospital
“Taikurtirna Warra - Family Talk” (Kaurna language, Adelaide)
Kelli & Kuranye Owen | National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce
5.00pm
Closing Remarks
Professor Andrew Mallett | Director, KidGen Collaborative
5.15pm
KidGen Symposium Concludes