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Integrating Genomics into Medicine

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Based at the University of Queensland, our research aims to improve accessibility and equity of genomic testing across all healthcare settings🧬

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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Excited to share this new paper from Dr Sam Kahler & team. 3D total body photography + AI identified cutaneous phenotypes linked to late-onset invasive melanoma risk, advancing personalised melanoma risk stratification. 🔗 academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-... #MelanomaResearch #3DImaging #Dermatology
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
NAIDOC Week marks 50 years of celebrating the voices, culture and resilience of First Nations Australians. IGM proudly stands with Indigenous Australians in honouring this legacy and supporting the next generation. Learn more 👉 naidoc.org.au #NAIDOC2025 #TheNextGeneration #StrengthVisionLegacy
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Big week for the IGM team! Dr Karen Liddle presented her PhD research on childhood deafness at the UQ Frazer Institute HDR Mini Symposium and completed her second milestone with flying colours. Congrats, Karen! 🎉👏 #ChildhoodDeafness #Genomics #PhDResearch #IGM
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Congratulations @jenberkman.bsky.social on your amazing 3MT yesterday! 👏 Jen’s research focuses on empowering clinicians to explain polygenic risk scores to patients and customise screening based on personal risk, so it’s just about them. Stay tuned! 📚 #3MT #PolygenicRisk #PersonalisedMedicine
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GCR Connect @gcr-connect.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📢 Are you a genetic counsellor doing a PhD—or thinking about one? The GC-PhD peer support group (of the GCR Connect Committee) is hosting a professional development workshop on Thurs 14 Aug, 2–4pm, at the Garvan Institute, Sydney. 🧬 #GeneticCounselling #PhD EOI: forms.office.com/r/0v5r1uaZrP
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
IGM is hiring! 🎉 Join our team and work alongside @tatyanes.bsky.social and @amcinerney.bsky.social on impactful research focused on integrating genomics into medicine. Learn more & apply 👇👇👇 #Genomics #GeneticCounselling #ResearchJobs #FrazerInstitute #TranslationalResearch
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Research Academics – Health Translation Research in Genomics
Frazer Institute Two full-time, fixed-term positions commencing ASAP Base salary will range from $80,448 – $107,104 (Academic Level A) or $112,572 - $133,381 (Academic Level B) + 17% Superannuation Ba...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Our team had an incredible time at #ESHG2025 learning about advancements in genomics and the associated ELSI. Inspiring to see groundbreaking research shaping the future of genomic healthcare and to connect with leading minds in the field. We’re excited to bring these insights back to our work! 🧬
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This #NRW2025, the IGM team reflects on the theme, Bridging Now to Next, a reminder that reconciliation is a continuous and shared journey. We’re committed to listening, learning and walking together with First Nations Australians to build stronger, more equitable genomic health outcomes.
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Well done Dr Sam Kahler on successfully passing your second PhD milestone 👏Looking forward to seeing how your research continues to evolve! UQ Frazer Institute #FrazerInstUQ bsky.app/profile/amci...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Hot off the press from one of our IGM superstars!🌟 Congratulations to Emily DeBortoli and her PhD team on the publication of their perspective piece on genetic counselling in paediatric inborn errors of immunity. Be sure to check it out 👉 lnkd.in/g7BjujNk
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
✨ Excited by this special issue on (re)imagining the future of genetic counselling - call for papers now open at the Journal of Genetic Counselling 📝 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... bsky.app/profile/j9au...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our @igmgroup.bsky.social group is on a roll this year 🌟 A huge congratulations to Dr Ellie Maas and co-authors on their latest publication in #JEADV reporting new data on #melanoma risk linked to a pathogenic variant in a high-risk gene🧬 👉Open access paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🎉Huge congrats to @ellamcgahan.bsky.social on her first lead author publication #genechat Based on interviews, the paper reveals HREC members’ experiences with an online genomics training. www.igmgenomics.com/hrec-course ➡️Full paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40247136/ bsky.app/profile/ella...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Incredibly proud of Dr Karen Liddle for her presentations at the ANHS conference👏 Karen shared early insights from her PhD on paediatric genetic hearing loss, including audit data and qualitative interviews. While her study is ongoing, here are a few sneak peek slides. Stay tuned for more! #genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Incredibly proud of Dr Karen Liddle for her presentations at the ANHS conference👏 Karen shared early insights from her PhD on paediatric genetic hearing loss, including audit data and qualitative interviews. While her study is ongoing, here are a few sneak peek slides. Stay tuned for more! #genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨New review highlights advancements in melanoma risk stratification, focusing on how 3D total body photography and AI can be used to personalize surveillance by assessing naevi, UV damage, skin colour, and freckling, ultimately enhancing early detection Read more➡️ doi.org/10.1553/skin... #Melanoma
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We’re busy putting together our abstracts for the 2025 HGSA conference in Sydney this August! 🤔Have you submitted yours yet? Be sure to get them in before April 17th. We’re looking forward to reconnecting and hearing about your research💡🔍 aacb.eventsair.com/hgsa-48th-an... #genechat #genomics
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
❗Save the Date❗TRI's #InternationalWomensDay Event is happening next Tuesday 1st April 10am AEST (resheduled due to Cyclone Alfred) Join us for an inspiring event exploring experiences, challenges and successes of neurodiverse #womeninSTEM 🔗Zoom: uqz.zoom.us/j/85072140754 Scan QR code to register
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Tatiane Yanes @tatyanes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Last night, the @igmgroup.bsky.social team farewelled two amazing members. @cwallingford.bsky.social is off to a new role as a research data analyst at a not-fot-profit. As my first PhD student, it’s bittersweet to see Courtney go, but I’m so proud of the amazing researcher she has become!
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🚨 Mark your calendars! Next Wednesday, March 19th 12:15 AEDT, join us for the GCR Connect meeting! @cwallingford.bsky.social will be presenting on the power of applying a problem-driven approach to research and falling in love with the problem. #genechat Register here➡️ hgsa.org.au/iCore/Events...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Amazing time at our 3rd away day with our fantastic team (minus a few!). We celebrated our wins over the past year, reflected on our leadership styles, and fine-tuned our pitching skills to take us through 2025. Exciting to see how far we've come and looking forward to what’s ahead! 🚀 #genechat
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Tatiane Yanes @tatyanes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Excited to attend our 3rd annual @igmgroup.bsky.social professional development & planning day! We have a great program with sessions on leadership & developing your research pitch. I’m even more excited to take an updated group pic where I’m not 30+wks pregnant in the middle of Brisbane summer.
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Dr Courtney Wallingford @cwallingford.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Excited to share a blog I wrote for MSCAN about my recent research! 📝 Understanding personal melanoma risk could transform prevention & early detection—but how do we communicate it effectively?@igmgroup.bsky.social Read more here: 🔗 mscan.org.au/melanoma-per... #genechat
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Melanoma personal risk
If you could combine all your risk factors - your genetics, lifestyle, and family history - into a single score that tells you your risk of melanoma, would you want to know?
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A fantastic piece! 🔬 Genetic counsellors are key to mainstreaming genomics! We need better funding, statutory title protection, and career pathways to embed them in healthcare. Let’s make it happen! 💙 @tatyanes.bsky.social #genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cancer Australia has launched a National Framework for Genomics in Cancer Control🎉We're proud to have contributed to this framework, focused on improving access to equitable, culturally safe & evidence-based genomic testing in cancer care #genomics #cancer www.canceraustralia.gov.au/key-initiati...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🚨1 Month on BlueSky!🚨 Allow us to re-introduce ourselves. 🚀 Meet Integrating Genomics into Medicine! We're a team of genetic counsellors, clinicians & researchers making genomic testing more accessible in Australia! Follow us for updates on genomics in healthcare! 🧬💡 DM to connect! #Genechat #ELSI
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A great presentation by our very own @tatyanes.bsky.social on her extensive research, bridging the gap to implementing genomic and polygenic testing in healthcare settings. She is making great strides in improving the accessibility and effectiveness of genomic healthcare to benefit patients!🙌
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
📢 Don't miss @tatyanes.bsky.social at the Frazer Institute Seminar, 12 Feb, 9:30 at #TRI! She'll share insights from the #BRIDGEstudy on improving genomic testing & support for families affected by paediatric Inborn errors of immunity. #genechat @tatyanes.bsky.social @emilydebortoli.bsky.social
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
📢 Free event alert! Join us at the Australian Polygenic Implementation Research Summit! 📅 3rd March 2025 📍 @petermaccc.bsky.social & Zoom Connect with experts, explore PRS research, & tackle key challenges in clinical implementation. 🔗 Register here: zoom.us/j/9882106217... #genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Next up for 2024 in review "Evaluating an approach for communicating integrated risk scores for melanoma" ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... Integrated risk scores can drive targeted melanoma screening. We piloted a communication model with a booklet & GC appt, which pts felt was useful! #genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Weekly highlights include "Utility of genomic testing in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer". This informs Aus's 1st national framework for genomics in cancer control being developed by Cancer Australia 📜 #Genechat @amcinerney.bsky.social ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae233
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Utility of genomic testing in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer
Abstract. Genomic testing can inform the diagnosis and personalize management of cancers in children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYA). This scoping re
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Starting the year by celebrating our team's achievements! 🎉 Throughout January, we will showcase the research we published last year—a feat of team work & collaboration. Stay tuned for more in 2025! 💡 #Genechat
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🌸🏃‍♀️We're lacing up for the International Women’s Day Fun Run to support #BreastCancerResearch!💖 Every step helps provide vital resources to those affected by breast cancer. Together, we can make a real difference!💪✨ #IWD2025 Want to contribute? Donate here: fundraise.mater.org.au/fundraisers/...
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Integrating Genomics into Medicine @igmgroup.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
WHO WE ARE We value diversity. Our team brings together members from all walks of life, from different places, and with unique life and research experiences. We even have a few Y chromosomes! Together, we create a collaborative environment where varied perspectives drive innovation. #genechat
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