Alex Brown (left), ANU Chancellor the Hon Julie Bishop and Telethon Kids Executive Director Jonathan Carapetis AM. Photo: Telethon Kids Institute
Alex Brown ( left ), ANU Chancellor the Hon Julie Bishop and Telethon Kids Executive Director Jonathan Carapetis AM. Photo: Telethon Kids Institute - Internationally-acclaimed Aboriginal researcher and clinician Dr Alex Brown will take up a new appointment as Professor of Indigenous Genomics as part of a new strategic partnership between Perth's Telethon Kids Institute and The Australian National University (ANU). Telethon Kids Institute Board Chair and ANU Chancellor, the Hon Julie Bishop, said the appointment reflected a joint commitment of both organisations to working with community to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. "Professor Brown is widely regarded as one of Australia's top Aboriginal clinician researchers. His work has already had a significant impact in improving health care and services, and also in the way we conduct research in partnership with Indigenous communities to ensure the greatest relevance and results," Ms Bishop said. "The field of genomics unlocks the information in our DNA to enable personalised, more targeted approaches to preventions and treatments. Professor Brown's work in this area will help to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are very much part of this exciting new frontier in medicine." Professor Brown has long associations with both organisations, having served on the governing boards of the ANU National Centre for Indigenous Genomics and Telethon Kids Institute, as well as being the scientific lead on the Institute's 1000 Families Initiative.
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