Associate Professor Vanessa (Ness) Tyrrell - Biography

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Associate Professor Vanessa (Ness) Tyrrell is Head of the Clinical Translation Research Division, and Program Director of the Zero Childhood Cancer National Precision Medicine Program at Children’s Cancer Institute. With over 30 years of experience in all disciplines of genetic testing, she is a recognised leader in her field. She is a Fellow of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), Associate to the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), and Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Most recently she was appointed Board of the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF), and the Australian Genomics National Steering Committee.