Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS)

👉 Out now @NatureRevGenet: we CAN and we SHOULD do more to enable #genomic data sharing! 🧬🌏 👉Best practice examples and 12 actions we can all take together 👉 rdcu.be/dWfsu @GA4GH @AusGenomics @GenomicsEngland @NHSgms @AllofUsResearch @uk_biobank @ukfuturehealth

Thank you @AusHealthEcon for this honour! Many, many thanks to @AusGenomics for the support, leadership and nomination and to my @EiGEN_UoM team. Find out more about some of our work this morning on the organised session for novel applications of health economics in genomics!

Translating the outcomes of this project will be transformative for mainstreaming #genomics in Australian healthcare. Exciting times!

Congrats to MCRI Prof @dgmacarthur who has received a #MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission grant to establish a genetic disease consortium. | #MedicalResearch @TeamVCGS @GarvanInstitute @EnricoCoiera Read more 👉mcri.edu.au/news-stories/f…

VCGS/MCRI and the Robert Connor Dawes Foundation were pleased to welcome Victorian Minister for Health, Mary-Anne Thomas to announce a subsidy for an advanced diagnostic test for brain tumours. Read the full story: vcgs.org.au/news/brain-can… @MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH

📣 our latest BabyScreen+ paper now out @ejhg_journal Process changes needed to deliver #genomic NBS: what, when and who? Key informant interviews 🇦🇺 👉rdcu.be/dLzRV 👏@drstephbest @erin_tutty @AlisonArchiba19 @drlildownie @ClaraGaff @DanyaVears @GenomeSeb

Out now @NatureMedicine 🔥🔥 #genomic NBS: the challenges are daunting But we have a responsibility to lead research in public health systems 🇬🇧🇦🇺 @RDExeter @Rich_Genomics @smbanka @LouiseFish1 @swynn_unique @NeonatalEthics @jbuchanan_ox @dgmacarthur nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations to Prof @ZornitzaS, Clinical Geneticist at VCGS, who has won the @humangenomeorg HUGO Chen Award of Excellence for accelerating rare disease diagnosis! 🔬🌟 #genetics #genomics

VCGS was pleased to welcome Victorian Premier @JacintaAllanMP and Medical Research Minister @BenCarrollMP to announce the addition of the inclusion of SMA and SCID in the newborn screening program today. Read Mariana’s story: lnkd.in/gvAum2QQ @MCRI_for_kids @VicGovDH

“Even with a two-, three-week turnaround time, that’s clearly still not fast enough....I was very keen to make it even faster.” #MCRI and @TeamVCGS Prof Zornitza Stark has discussed challenges & triumphs of rapid #genomic sequencing in @Nature⬇️|@ZornitzaS go.nature.com/49CewVV

Hot off the press: Our BabyScreen+ list of over 600 actionable genes and conditions that we screen for in our #gNBS pilot now published: gimjournal.org/article/S1098-… Thanks to the great work of @ZornitzaS, @drlildownie and many others.

Genomic newborn screening is coming but what should we screen for? BabyScreen+ gene list and comparison with international newborn sequencing gene lists now published! @ZornitzaS @GenomeSeb gimjournal.org/article/S1098-…

Proud to be involved in delivering this exiting new study! Fully accredited WGS for over 600 conditions as part of this genomic new born screening pilot @MCRI_for_kids. Read about what we are screening for and how it compares internationally 👇👇👇

🎄Season’s greetings from the VCGS team! Wishing you a joyful and safe holiday season surrounded by friends and loved ones. Here’s to the opportunities and successes that lie ahead in 2024! 🎉

🎙 PODCAST: In this episode of The Good GP, Dr. @AlisonArchiba19, Group Leader of Reproductive Genetic Counseling at VCGS and Dr. Krystyna de Lange explore noninvasive prenatal testing (#NIPT), a screening method for #chromosome conditions in the fetus. soundcloud.com/thegoodgp/non-…

🔬🌐VCGS is proud to be sponsoring this event supporting all Clinical Informaticians in Australia. #Genomics #Bioinformatics #DataScience

🧬 Today is Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day. Lisette Curnow speaks about her important role as a Genetic Counsellor at VCGS. Learn more: lnkd.in/g45YhRGZ #IAmAGeneticCounselor #ANZgeneticcounsellors #GCAwarenessDay #GCAD2023

🧬 Starting today, all eligible Australians can access subsidised #carrierscreening, thanks to the #Medicare Benefits Schedule. 🧬 VCGS has pioneered #genetic carrier screening since 2006. Read more: vcgs.org.au/news/medicare-…

#CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia (CAH) disrupts hormone production vital for stress and illness responses. VGCS proudly leads the way in CAH screening one year after its addition to #newbornscreening. Read the manuscript here lnkd.in/g-zB8DYn.

🧬Exciting news! 3-condition genetic carrier screening will be subsidised by Medicare from 1 November 2023. 🧬 We offer information, genetic testing, and expert support to help you and your family make informed reproductive choices.🤰👶 Visit: vcgs.org.au/prenatal-genet…