The Human Genetics Society of Australasia is a vibrant professional society with more than 900 members that promotes and regulates the practice of human and medical genetics in Australia and New Zealand.
Pioneers in Medical Genetics
9 December 2009
Many of the professionals who have made significant contributions to the development of medical genetics in Australia were not geneticists but others who took an interest in the genetic aspects of their specialties. These contributions may have been to specific areas or more generally. Cliff Judge made a single seminal contribution to the rediscovery of fragile X syndrome, but his interests in and contributions to genetics were much wider than this.
