Kathryn North Explained

Kathryn Nance North is a paediatric physician, neurologist, and clinical geneticist. In 2013, she was appointed Director of the Murdoch Childrens 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. 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.

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  1. Web site: Kathryn North. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. August 18, 2015.
  2. Web site: 8th David Danks Oration. University of Melbourne. August 18, 2015.
  3. Web site: Members of Council 2015 - 2018 triennium. National Health and Medical Research Council. August 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930131134/https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about/council-nhmrc/members-council-2015-2018-triennium. September 30, 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Think Tank 2013 - Speakers Australian Academy of Science: Professor Kathryn North. www.science.org.au. 2019-01-31.
  5. Web site: Media Notes: Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia: Professor Kathryn Nance NORTH. 2012-01-26. Governor General of Australia. 14. 2019-01-31. 1 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401064834/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2012/Media%20Notes%20AM%20%28M-Z%29%20%28final%29.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. June 2019. Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924034919/https://aahms.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AAHMS-Full-Fellowship-A-Z-June-2019.pdf. 24 September 2019. 12 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Citation for the award of Doctor of Medical Science (honoris causa). 15 November 2017 .
  8. Web site: Media Notes: Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia: Professor Kathryn Nance NORTH. 2019-01-26. Governor General Of Australia. 10. 2019-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190129123037/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2019/xklw-03mcv/Media%20Notes%20-%20AC.pdf. 2019-01-29. dead.
  9. Web site: 15 November 2019 . Professor Kathryn North AC awarded Research Australia's Peter Wills Medal . murdoch children's research institute.