About the HGSA

ABOUT THE HUMAN GENETICS SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA

The affairs of the Society are managed by an Executive and a Council, the latter consisting of the Executive and representatives from branches in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand plus representatives of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) who are all elected annually.   Each Branch and SIG has its own Committee, which organises local scientific and other meetings.
 
The Secretariat is where all the Society’s business is processed and is currently located in Victoria
 
The Society holds an Annual Scientific Meeting each year with visiting international and national speakers.   All members of the Society are encouraged to present original work in the form of oral and poster presentations.
 
The body of the membership consists of ordinary members who are defined as those who hold a recognised qualification in a descipline relevant to Human Genetics and are employed in a position appropriate to this discipline, whether it be as a teacher, clinician, laboratory scientist, counsellor or in pure research.
 
Other membership categories provide for those who reside outside Australia, students, organisations and associate memberships.    Emeritus membership is achieved by invitation only, in recognition of eminance in the field.

HGSA Council and Executive

President
A/Prof Julie McGaughran

Vice President
Dr Kevin Carpenter

Hon. Secretary
Mrs Vanessa Tyrrell

Treasurer
A/Prof David Amor

NSW Representative:
Dr Carolyn Ellaway

Queensland Representative:
Prof Lyn Griffiths

South Australia Representative:
Dr Kathryn Friend

Victoria Representative:
A/Prof Sylvia Metcalfe

Western Australia Representative:
Dr Garth Baynam

New Zealand Representative:
Adjunct Prof Mac Gardner

Past President:
A/Prof David Thorburn

AACG Representative:
Chair: Dr David Mowat

ASoC Representative:
Ms Sharon Bain

ASGC Representative:
Ms Susan Fawcett

ASIEM Representative:
Dr Janice Fletcher

Cancer Genetics Representative:
Vacant

ESIC Representative:
Dr Rachel Ankeny

MGSA Representative:
Dr Bruce Bennetts

The history and development of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia

Grant R Sutherland
Emeritus Geneticist

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