Kathryn North

Kathryn Nance North AC is a paediatric physician, neurologist, and clinical geneticist. In 2013, she was appointed Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute[1] and was named the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Melbourne.[2] In 2012, North was appointed chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council Research Committee.[3] In 2014, she was appointed vice chair of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and co-chair of its Clinical Working Group.

North received a doctorate in neurogenetics in 1994 from University of Sydney and later completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Genetics Program at Harvard Medical School.[citation needed] North's laboratory research is focused on the molecular and genetic basis of inherited muscle disorders including muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies, and of elite athletic performance. Her clinical research is focused on cognitive deficits in neurofibromatosis type 1 and intervention strategies for children with learning disabilities and inherited myopathies.[citation needed]

She was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2012 for "service to medicine in the field of neuromuscular and neurogenetics research, paediatrics and child health as a clinician and academic, and to national and international professional associations"(2012)[4] She was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2019 for "eminent service to genomic medicine nationally and internationally, to medical research in the fields of genetics, neurology and child health, and as a mentor and role model."[5] In 2017, she was given an honory Doctor of Medical Science from the University of Melbourne.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kathryn North". Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. ^ "8th David Danks Oration". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Members of Council 2015 - 2018 triennium". National Health and Medical Research Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Media Notes: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia: Professor Kathryn Nance NORTH" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. 26 January 2012. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Media Notes: Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia: Professor Kathryn Nance NORTH" (PDF). Governor General Of Australia. 26 January 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Citation for the award of Doctor of Medical Science (honoris causa)". 15 November 2017.