Organising Committee and Faculty

 

International Committee:

Dr Ken McElreavey
Director
Reproduction, Fertility and Populations
Deptartment of Developmental Biology
Institut Pasteur
France

 
Prof Alan Bittles
Director
Centre for Human Genetics
Edith Cowan University
Australia
 

Dr Wei Wang
Professor of Human Biology
Graduate School
Chinese Academy of Science &
Director for Research and Development
Shenzhen Medical Centre of Peking University-Hong
University of Science & Technology
   
Local Committee:
Prof Ziming Cai
Director
Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
   
  Prof Le Kang
Director of Biology
Chinese Academy of Science
   
  Dr Wei Wang
Professor of Human Biology
Graduate School
Chinese Academy of Science &
Director for Research and Development
Shenzhen Medical Centre of Peking University-Hong
University of Science & Technology
   
  Prof Yanfen Wang
Vice director
Department of Human Biology
Graduate School
Chinese Academy of Science
   
  Prof Weixi Tian
Vice director of Human Biology
Director of Biochemistry & Enzymology Laboratory
Graduate School
Chinese Academy of Science
   
  Prof Debing Wang
Director (Former Chancellor of Peking University)
Shenzhen Medical Centre of Peking University-Hong
University of Science & Technology
   
  Prof Lihui Wei
Executive vice director
Peking University Medical Centre of Health Sciences
   
  Prof Yonghua Hu
Director
School of Public Health
Peking University Medical Centre of Health Sciences
   


Faculty

Dr Phil Avner Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Epigenetics, Genetics of Diabetes
Prof Alan Bittles Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Community Genetics, Endogamy, Consanguinity, Ethical issues
Dr Samuel Chong National University of Singapore Genetic Medicine
Assoc. Prof Ted Edkins Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Genetic Screening Technologies
Dr Suchat Fucharoen Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, Thailand Thalassaemia
Dr P Joy Ho Institute of Haematology and Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, Australia Gene Expression Analysis
Dr Dhavindra Kumar Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Genetic Disorders of the Indian Subcontinent
Dr Bernard Lakowski Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Genetics of Aging
Dr Ken McElreavey Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Genetics of Reproduction, Population Genetics, Bioinformatics
Dr Brian McDonald Sonic Clinical Institute, Sydney, Australia Prenatal diagnosis of cytogenetic disorders, forensic genetics
Dr Edmond Ma Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Genetics of malaria
Dr Ivy Ng Ministry of Health, Singapore Genetic Services, thalassaemia
Prof Mike Patton Chair of Medical Genetics, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK Insurance Issues of Health Care, Genetic basis of Noonan syndrome, lymphodema, skeletal dysplasia, congenital deafness
Prof RM Pitchappan Dept. of Immunology                      Madurai Kamaraj University, India                                Genetic susceptibility to major infectious diseases (tuberculosis, leprosy), Immunogenetics
Dr Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Population genetics, Genetic susceptibility to Major Infectuous Diseases, Bioinformatics
Pr Mohan Reddy Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India Population Genetics - Patterns of Endogamy and Consanguinity in India, Bioinformatics
Dr Anand Saggar-Malik St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK Secretary Clinical Genetics Society, Polycystic Kidney Disease
Dr Sheena Sullivan Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Genetics of Intellectual Disability in PR China
Dr Wei Wang Medical Centre of Peking University-Hong-Kong University of Sciences and Technology, Shenzhen, PR China Genetic Susceptibility to Infectious Disease (SARS)
Dr Cheryl Wise Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Population Genetics