Podcasts
Population DNA screening with Associate Professor Paul Lacaze
Associate Professor Paul Lacaze
Vol 216, Issue 6: 4 April 2022. Associate Professor Paul Lacaze is Head of Public Health Genomics at Monash University. He discusses population DNA screening for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, Lynch syndrome, and familial hypercholesterolaemia, to accompany his coauthored MJA Perspective. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 28 mins, 57 secs.
Genetic discrimination and the life insurance moratorium, with Jane Tiller
Jane Tiller
Vol 214, Issue 3: 8 February 2021. Jane Tiller is the Ethical, Legal and Social Advisor on Public Health Genomics at Monash University. She talks about the national research project to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the life insurance moratorium on the use of genetic test results for underwriting purposes, to accompany her coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/4/monitoring-genetic-testing-and-life-insurance-moratorium-australia-national. With MJA news and...
Genetic testing for cancer, with A/Prof Judy Kirk
Associate Professor Judy Kirk
Vol 209, Issue 5: 3 September 2018. Associate Professor Judy Kirk is an oncologist and Head of the Familial Cancer Service at Westmead Hospital in Sydney. She discusses genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancers, and issues a caution for physicians ordering them. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Not so anonymous gamete donation, with Xavier Symons
Mr Xavier Symons
Volume 207, Issue 9: 6 November, 2017. Xavier Symons is a research associate with the Institute of Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney. He discusses the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Amendment Act, and the loss of anonymity for gamete donors. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Dr Dominica Zentner
Dr Dominica Zentner
Volume 203, Issue 6 - 21 September. Dr Dominica Zentner, a cardiologist, and Associate Professor Paul James, a clinical geneticist, both work at the Royal Melbourne Hospital's Cardiac Genetics Clinic. To accompany their research published in this issue of the MJA, Dr Zentner and Prof James talk with MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell about the CGC's outcomes and its multidisciplinary format. Available as a video here.