Lyn R. Griffiths Explained

Lyn R. Griffiths
Field:Human Genetics
Work Institution:Queensland University of Technology
Alma Mater:University of New South Wales
(BSc(Hons));
University of Sydney
(PhD)
Known For:Genetics of migraine

Lyn Robyn Griffiths is an Australian academic who serves as Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics at Queensland University of Technology, where she is director of the Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, the Genomics Research Centre and the BridgeTech Programs. Griffiths is internationally renowned for her work in the discovery of the genetics of migraine headaches.[1]

Career

Griffiths graduated with a bachelor's degree in science in 1978 from the University of New South Wales. After subsequently completing her honours degree, she was awarded an NHMRC Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship to undertake her PhD at Sydney University. She went on to spend time as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Sydney, before moving to Griffith University on the Gold Coast, Queensland. There, she worked her way up to become Professor and Dean of Research (Griffith Health) and Director of the Griffith Health Institute (now called Menzies Health Institute Queensland). In 2013, she relocated her laboratory to the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at Queensland University of Technology, where she took up the role of Executive Director. When the Institute was disbanded in 2020, she was appointed to the position of Inaugural Director of QUT's Centre of Genomics and Personalised Health.[2] [3]

Research

Prof. Griffiths’ research has led to diagnostic breakthroughs for several neurogenetic disorders, including familial migraine, ataxia, epilepsy and hereditary stroke. Her research has appeared in more than 400 peer-reviewed international journals, including Nature, the American Journal of Human Genetics, and Nature Neurology.[4] [5]

Publications

Journal articles

Google Scholar lists over 500 documents by Griffiths, which have been cited in excess of 16,000 times, and calculates her h-index as 67.[6]

Book chapters

Service to professional organisations

Distinguished Professor Griffiths has contributed significantly to her profession. She serves as Chair, Board of Censors for Diagnostic Genomics with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia.[7] Additionally she has served on a number of boards to various bodies including the National Heart Foundation of Australia (Queensland Division),[8]

Recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Migraine Australia . Migraine Genetics Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths . Migraine Australia . 20 April 2022.
  2. Web site: QUT . Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths . Academic Profile . Queensland University of Technology . 20 April 2022.
  3. Web site: QUT . Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths . Genomics research Centre.
  4. Web site: Genomics Research Centre . Lyn Griffiths . QUT.
  5. Web site: Research Gate . Lyn Griffiths . Research Gate.
  6. Web site: Scholar . Griffiths LR . 20 April 2022.
  7. Web site: HGSA . Board of Censors . Human Genetics Society of Australasia.
  8. Web site: Queensland Division . 2017 Annual Report . National Heart Foundation.
  9. Web site: Molecular and Cellular Probes . Most Downloaded Articles . Elsevier.
  10. Web site: HGSA . HGSA Orations and Sutherland Lectures . Human Genetics Society of Australasia.
  11. Web site: 2023-01-25 . Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list . 2023-01-25 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.

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