NSW / ACT Branch AGM and Abstract Presentations
NSW / ACT branch members are invited to register to watch the 6 five minute presentations from the successful applicants of the HGSA ASM Early Bird Awards, followed by the AGM.
Agenda:
1. Welcome to Country.
2. Earlybird Registration Award Presentations (5-minute presentations):
i) Molly Carr,
Genetic Counsellor, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick.
Title: A retrospective observational study within an integrated paediatric epilepsy neurogenetics model.
ii) Jacqueline Greig,
Masters of Genetic Counselling Student, University of Technology, Sydney.
Title: Insights from the Mito Stories Project into diagnostic and post-diagnostic experiences of individuals with mitochondrial disease to inform healthcare improvements.
iii) Talia Gusen,
Research Genetic Counsellor, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Westmead.
Title: Co-designing primary care genomics with general practitioners and people with lived experience of genetic conditions: Lessons from the PRECISE journey.
iv) Anna Hau,
Clinical Genetics Advanced Trainee, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.
Title: Whole body MRI surveillance in young adults with Neurofibromatosis Type 1.
v) Erin Turbitt,
Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney.
Title: Parent’s embodied experiences of receiving their child’s genetic diagnosis: body mapping for new insights.
vi) Ella West,
Genetic Counsellor, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
Title: Diagnostic yield and testing patterns in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Australia.
3. NSW/ACT Branch AGM
i) Branch Activity update.
• Quarterly Grant Program.
• Review of HGSA 2025 ASM in NSW.
ii) Budget update.
iii) Any other business.
4. Close.
All welcome to the presentation. Only NSW/ACT members are able to stay for the AGM.
