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88 | Professor Stephen Robertson on 'Lifting of the mākutu' & paediatric clinical genetics
Manage episode 358742734 series 2969146
Professor Stephen Robertson is the Curekids Professor of Paediatric Genetics. He was educated at the University of Otago graduating in Medicine in 1990. He specialized in Paediatrics and Clinical Genetics after training in Auckland and Melbourne. He was the Nuffield Medical Fellow at Oxford University and now heads the Clinical Genetics Group. Some of his work was highlighted in a documentary in 2005 ‘Lifting of the Mākutu’.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into paediatrics and clinical genetics, the making of the documentary, equity in clinical genetics, volunteering with Curekids, day-to-day routines of clinical genetics, genetic counselling, controversies with 23andMe and ancestry testing, and the future of genetics.
You can find the documentary here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/clinical-genetics/news-opportunities-media/lifting-of-the-makutu/
Further information on Professor Robertson: https://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/staff/otago115051.html
NB: my recording software started glitching towards the end of the interview and was unfortunately out of my control. I apologise sincerely for any negative listening experience towards the end of this show.
As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at doctornos@pm.me.
Audio credit:
Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y
Luvut
1. Stephen Robertson (00:00:00)
2. Finding medicine (00:01:18)
3. Finding clinical genetics and paediatrics (00:04:00)
4. Stumbling into clinical genetics (00:07:29)
5. Lifting of the makutu (00:09:05)
6. Common conditions in clinical genetics (00:20:53)
7. Referrals to clinical genetics (00:22:12)
8. Clinical genetics vs genetic counsellors (00:25:44)
9. Day-to-day in clinical genetics (00:27:58)
10. Lab work for clinical geneticists? (00:31:03)
11. 23andMe (00:33:00)
12. Ancestry testing (00:35:42)
13. Training in clinical genetics (00:37:29)
14. Future of genetics (00:41:38)
15. Equity in clinical genetics (00:47:10)
16. Curekids (00:50:14)
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Manage episode 358742734 series 2969146
Professor Stephen Robertson is the Curekids Professor of Paediatric Genetics. He was educated at the University of Otago graduating in Medicine in 1990. He specialized in Paediatrics and Clinical Genetics after training in Auckland and Melbourne. He was the Nuffield Medical Fellow at Oxford University and now heads the Clinical Genetics Group. Some of his work was highlighted in a documentary in 2005 ‘Lifting of the Mākutu’.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into paediatrics and clinical genetics, the making of the documentary, equity in clinical genetics, volunteering with Curekids, day-to-day routines of clinical genetics, genetic counselling, controversies with 23andMe and ancestry testing, and the future of genetics.
You can find the documentary here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/clinical-genetics/news-opportunities-media/lifting-of-the-makutu/
Further information on Professor Robertson: https://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/staff/otago115051.html
NB: my recording software started glitching towards the end of the interview and was unfortunately out of my control. I apologise sincerely for any negative listening experience towards the end of this show.
As always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at doctornos@pm.me.
Audio credit:
Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y
Luvut
1. Stephen Robertson (00:00:00)
2. Finding medicine (00:01:18)
3. Finding clinical genetics and paediatrics (00:04:00)
4. Stumbling into clinical genetics (00:07:29)
5. Lifting of the makutu (00:09:05)
6. Common conditions in clinical genetics (00:20:53)
7. Referrals to clinical genetics (00:22:12)
8. Clinical genetics vs genetic counsellors (00:25:44)
9. Day-to-day in clinical genetics (00:27:58)
10. Lab work for clinical geneticists? (00:31:03)
11. 23andMe (00:33:00)
12. Ancestry testing (00:35:42)
13. Training in clinical genetics (00:37:29)
14. Future of genetics (00:41:38)
15. Equity in clinical genetics (00:47:10)
16. Curekids (00:50:14)
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