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Biography: Dr. Mark R. Schleiss, Professor of Pediatrics, holds the American Legion and Auxiliary Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School. Dr. Schleiss has been actively researching the pathogenesis and immunobiology of congenital CMV (cCMV) infections since...

Biography:   Professor Edwin Kirk AM is a genetic pathologist at New South Wales Health Pathology’s Randwick Genomics Laboratory, and a clinical geneticist at Sydney Children’s Hospital. He is a conjoint appointee in the School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW. Edwin was...

Davies L, Deken A1 1Canterbury District Health NZ  Biography: Angela Deken – As a midwife for 34 years I have been the coordinator of  Canterbury District’s Newborn Hearing Screening Program since it began  in Christchurch in 2009. With a background...

Emma Webb1,2, Professor Jan Hodgson2, Dr Alanna Gillespie1,5, Professor Cheryl Jones2,3,4, Dr Zeffie Poulakis1,2,5, Associate Professor Valerie Sung1,2,5 1Murdoch Children’s Research Institute , Melbourne, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia , 3University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 4Sydney Children’s...

Dr Karen Liddle1,3, Ms Hannah Byrne2, A/Prof Aideen McInerney-Leo3, Dr Lucinda Freeman2 1Children's Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 3Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Biography: Hannah Byrne is a genomics researcher with...

Ms Felicity Hood1,3, Dr Melinda Barker1,2,3, Dr Zeffie Poulakis2,3,4 1Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Centre for Community Health, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 2Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne,...

Mrs Jenny Dravitzki1, Miss Fiona Yip1 1Health New Zealand – Nelson Marlborough | Te Whatu Ora – Te Tau Ihu, , Aotearoa / New Zealand Biography: Jenny is a registered midwife and nurse with a dule role as the coordinator...

Ms Emily Shepard1, Ms Ann Porter2, Ms Jermy Pang3,7, Ms Hollie Feller1,4, Associate Professor Valerie Sung5,6, Dr Karen Liddle7,8, Ms Kayla Elliott6, Ms Libby Smith6 1UsherKids Australia, Mordialloc, Australia, 2Aussie Deaf Kids, Brunswick Heads, Australia, 3National Acoustics Laboratories, Macquarie University,...

Ms Emily Shepard1 1Usherkids Australia, Mordialloc, Australia Biography: Emily Shepard, a committed advocate for equity and inclusion, holds a Master of Public Health and founded UsherKids Australia to support children with Usher syndrome and their families. Drawing on her experience...

Dr Carolyn Cottier1, Ms Florencia Montes1, Mr Andrew Geyl1 1Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick,Sydney, Australia Biography: Carolyn is a paediatrician who works in Developmental Paediatrics and as the Director of the Hearing Support Service at Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH). She works...