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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,...

Dr Jane Sheehan1,2,3, Alison Jagger1,2,3, Kate L. Francis4,5, Dr S. Ghazaleh Dashti4,5, Patrick Gornall3,4, Mrs Melinda Barker1,2,3,4, Associate Professor Valerie Sung2,3,4, Dr Sergio Ruiz-Carmona6, Susan Baohm6, Dr Zeffie Poulakis1,2,3,4 1Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Centre for Community Child Health, The...

Dr Pia Watkins1, Ms Katie Neal1, Ms Jennifer Whiteway1, Ms Phoebe Corbeau1 1The Shepherd Centre, , Australia Biography: Dr Pia Watkins is the Manager of Research, Learning and Development and Senior Audiologist at The Shepherd Centre. Pia has a background...

Dr Lucinda Freeman1, Prof Martin Delatycki2,3, Prof Jackie Leach Scully4, Prof Edwin Kirk5 1Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, , Australia, 2Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Parkville, Australia, 3Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, 4UNSW Sydney, Disability Innovation Institute,...

Dr Traci Flynn1, Ms Michele Clapin1, Mr Chris Koros1, Mr Jason Gavrilis2 1Hearing Australia, Sydney, Australia, 2National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, Australia Biography: Dr Traci Flynn is a Project Lead in the First Nations Services at Hearing Australia with over 25...