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Month: February 2024
Join us at Luminesce Alliance 2024 Conference: Paediatric Precision Medicine: Advancing Research and Patient Care
Join us for the Luminesce Alliance 2024 Conference – Paediatric Precision Medicine: Advancing Research and Patient Care at the UNSW Sydney, Australia from 7–8 November 2024.
The aim of the conference is to showcase innovation, collaboration, and excellence in precision medicine research. Together we will explore the latest developments in basic, translational, and clinical research concerning children and families grappling with rare genetic diseases and cancers.
The conference brings together a wide range of researchers and clinicians including, post-graduate students, early career Fellows, nurses, allied healthcare workers, as well as government and the MedTech and Pharma industries.
We encourage you to visit the Luminesce Alliance 2024 Conference website and register your interest to receive updates including call for abstracts, call for sponsorship and early bird registration opportunities.
Announcing our first sponsor
UNSW Sydney is a global top 20 university, known for innovative, pioneering research and high-quality education with a global impact. Since our foundation in 1949, our aim has been to improve and transform lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.
Announcing our first keynote speakers
We are pleased to welcome our first keynote speakers for the 2024 conference.
| Professor Elaine Mardis, PhD Co-Executive Director of the Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine 
Dr. Elaine Mardis, PhD, is the co-Executive Director of the Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, holding the Rasmussen Nationwide Foundation Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine. Additionally, she is a Professor of Paediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. An expert in cancer genomics and immunogenomics, she has over 430 published manuscripts. |
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Professor Neil Sebire
Neil Sebire, Professor of pathology at Great Ormond Street Hospital Institute of Child Health, is a prolific clinical academic with over 1000 publications. Specializing in clinical informatics and secondary use of health data, he serves as the chief research information officer at Great Ormond Street Hospital and was the first national chief clinical data officer for Health Data Research UK. Leading the GOSH clinical informatics research program, he oversees more than 20 PhD students in this field. |
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Professor Gary L. Free MD, MPH
Gary L. Freed MD, MPH is the Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He serves as Associate Chair for Government Relations in the Department of Pediatrics and the Directory of Research for the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion in the Medical School. |
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Adjunct Professor Jean-Frédéric Levesque, MD PHD FRCP
Dr. Jean-Frédéric Levesque currently serves as the Deputy Secretary, Clinical Innovation and Research, and Chief Executive of the Agency for Clinical Innovation at NSW Health. Additionally, he holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales. With over 150 peer-reviewed publications, his impactful research on healthcare access and inequity has garnered over 2,000 citations. |
