报告题目：World-leading genetic tests identify people at highest risk of the world's biggest health problems, from heart diseases to dementia
报告人：Grant Morahan 教授 
主持人：赵  斌 教授
时   间：2024年5月8日（周三）下午4点
地   点：纳米楼457报告厅
报告人简介：

Current position:        

Inaugural Diabetes Research Foundation Professor,

University of Western Australia, and

Director, Centre for Diabetes Research

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Major research interests:

Genetics of complex diseases

Type 1 diabetes

Systems genetics

Advanced genetic technologies

Genetic prediction of disease outcomes

Qualifications:

1978                           Genetics                         BSc, LaTrobe University

1979                           Immunogenetics             BSc (Hons), University of Melbourne

1983                           Immunogenetics             PhD, University of Melbourne

Positions held:

1983-1985: Fogarty International Fellow, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA, USA

1986-1990: Senior Research Officer, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

1991-1997: Research Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

1998-2004:Senior Research Fellow, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne

2005- present: Diabetes Research Foundation Professor, University of Western Australia, Perth

                        Director, Centre for Diabetes Research,

                        Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth

2015- present: Scientific Head, Clinical Sciences Division, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth 

2016- present: Joint Professor, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

2021- present: Honorary Professor, University of Melbourne