List of HGSA Orations

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The HGSA Oration was established in 1990 in order to honour a pre-eminent member of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA). It is a lecture given by a senior member of the HGSA who has contributed significantly to the profession over many years. The oration is given annually at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the HGSA. [1]

YearOratorOration Title
1990Anthony C Pollard AM Birth and adolescence of the HGSA and its sibling 'ACH Chem-Path' [2]
1991 O. Margaret Garson AO Seven little Australians [2]
1992 David M. Danks AO What we can do/What we should do [1]
1993 Richard Cotton AM Detection of mutations in DNA [1]
1994Peter FitzgeraldA human perspective [2]
1995Gillian Turner AM The X chromosome and intelligence [2]
1996 Grant R Sutherland AC Fragile sites: from medium 199 to dynamic mutation [1]
1997Bridget Wilken AM Mild disease carriers and problems with screening [2]
1998John Rogers AM From medical genetics to psychotherapy and back again [1]
1999William (Bill) Carey PSM Lysosomes, peroxisomes and other very important matters [2]
2000 Dianne Webster ONZM Newborn screening quality – lessons from the past [2]
2001 Sr Regis Mary Dunne AO Ethics and public policy in the genomic era [3]
2002John J Hopwood AM Lysosomal storage disorders: early diagnosis and effective therapy [2]
2003 Robert (Bob) Williamson AO Ethics, the new genetics and public health [1]
2004Jack Goldblatt AM Do genetics - see the world [1]
2005Michael PartingtonForays in syndromology over 50 years [4]
2006Not held11th International Congress of Human Genetics
2007Robert (Mac) GardnerSome reflections on the philosophy and practice of medical genetics [1]
2008John C MulleyForty years from markers to genes [1]
2009Ian WalpoleClinical genetic services: base to horizons [2]
2010Jane HallidayA trip down memory lane: progress in prenatal testing [5]
2011John H Pearn AO Courage in discovery [1]
2012 David O Sillence AM Teaching and learning in genetic medicine [6]
2013Joanne W Dixon, ONZM Genetics in clinical practice: integrating new discoveries into patient care over three decades [7]
2014Eric A Haan AO Genetics - it's personal [8]
2015Alan Bittles AM Why community genetics? [9]
2016Agnes Bankier OAM Links and second chances... [10]
2017James (Jim) McGill AM A fortuitous metabolic pathway [11] [12]
2018Kristine Barlow-Stewart AM I wanted to be a genetic counsellor ….. and this is my story [13]
2019Mary-Anne YoungSystems and change [14]
2020Not heldNot held due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
2021Janice FletcherPhenotype, proteins, and pathology [15]
2022Nigel Laing AO Tales of a grandfather (molecular genetics) [16]


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