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Biography: Dr. Mark R. Schleiss, Professor of Pediatrics, holds the American Legion and Auxiliary Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School. Dr. Schleiss has been actively researching the pathogenesis and immunobiology of congenital CMV (cCMV) infections since...

Biography:   Professor Edwin Kirk AM is a genetic pathologist at New South Wales Health Pathology’s Randwick Genomics Laboratory, and a clinical geneticist at Sydney Children’s Hospital. He is a conjoint appointee in the School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW. Edwin was...

Davies L, Deken A1 1Canterbury District Health NZ  Biography: Angela Deken – As a midwife for 34 years I have been the coordinator of  Canterbury District’s Newborn Hearing Screening Program since it began  in Christchurch in 2009. With a background...

Dr Karen Liddle1,3, Ms Hannah Byrne2, A/Prof Aideen McInerney-Leo3, Dr Lucinda Freeman2 1Children's Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 3Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Biography: Hannah Byrne is a genomics researcher with...

Ms Felicity Hood1,3, Dr Melinda Barker1,2,3, Dr Zeffie Poulakis2,3,4 1Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Centre for Community Health, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 2Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne,...

Emma Webb1,2, Professor Jan Hodgson2, Dr Alanna Gillespie1,5, Professor Cheryl Jones2,3,4, Dr Zeffie Poulakis1,2,5, Associate Professor Valerie Sung1,2,5 1Murdoch Children’s Research Institute , Melbourne, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia , 3University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 4Sydney Children’s...

Mr Andrew Geyl1 1Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Randwick, Australia Biography: Andrew Geyl has more than 30 years experience as an audiologist, and 20 of those involved with the NSW neonatal hearing screening, SWISH. He has a special interest in neonatal...

Mr Andrew Geyl1 1Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Randwick, Australia Biography: Andrew Geyl has more than 30 years experience as an audiologist, and 20 of those involved with the NSW neonatal hearing screening, SWISH. He has a special interest in neonatal...

Ms Kayla Nowrojee2, Associate Professor Sharon Lewis1,2, Associate Professor Valerie Sung1,2,3, Ms Libby Smith2, Ms Antonia Howard1, Ms Michelle Cao1,3,4, Dr Lilian Downie1,2,3 1Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, 2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 3The Royal...

Ms Carolyn Mee1, Harvey Dillon2,3, Maxime Li-Kim-Mui2 1Sound Scouts,, Crows Nest, Australia, 2Macquarie University, , Australia, 3University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Biography: Carolyn Mee Sound Scouts CEO & FOUNDER In 2011 Carolyn Mee set her sights on improving children’s...