Lilian Downie (@drlildownie) 's Twitter Profile
Lilian Downie

@drlildownie

Clinical Geneticist | PhD candidate | hearing impairment, genomic newborn screening, prenatal genetics

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Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance (@melbgenomics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Melbourne study, Australian-first: MEDIA RELEASE: Genomics almost triples genetic diagnosis in babies with severe hearing loss: melbournegenomics.org.au/media-centre/f…

UsherKids Australia (@usherkids) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Significant DNA test for children born with deafness caused by #ushersyndrome which removes the #diagnosticodyssey and gives families the opportunity to provide their child with the skills to better cope with #visionloss

Lilian Downie (@drlildownie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Read the evidence European Journal of Human Genetics rdcu.be/bYVte babies with hearing impairment should be offered genomic sequencing, diagnostic yield tripled, management changed for 92% of those diagnosed

Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance (@melbgenomics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Rare diseases are undergoing a genomics-driven revolution, with opportunities for early diagnosis, clinical trials and, in some instances, treatment now changing the landscape..." Read more about how genomics is changing care for #RareDisease here: insightplus.mja.com.au/2020/7/rethink…

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) (@mcri_for_kids) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dr Valerie Sung from Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) talks to 9News Melbourne about #Cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common infectious cause of #deafness & #neurodisability. Click 👇 for CHAMP network's national guidelines on CMV & management of childhood hearing loss in Aus: newbornhearingscreening.com.au/champ-network/

Valerie Sung (@sung_valerie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2023 Federal Budget announced $13.1 million to introduce genetic testing for hearing loss in children. Research translation to impact & policy by Lilian Downie Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) more info: mcri.edu.au/news-stories/c… now to work on clinician training & workflows @CCCH_AU

Prof Zornitza Stark (@zornitzas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Which genes to include in #genomic newborn screening?🧬👶 Our BabyScreen+ list of 605 genes out now Genetics in Medicine and PanelAppAus 🇦🇺 Comparison with other gNBS studies: only 55 in common! 🌐Time to harmonise? gimjournal.org/article/S1098-… Seb Lunke Lilian Downie

Which genes to include in #genomic newborn screening?🧬👶

Our BabyScreen+ list of 605 genes out now <a href="/GIMJournal/">Genetics in Medicine</a> and <a href="/PanelAppAus/">PanelAppAus</a> 🇦🇺

Comparison with other gNBS studies: only 55 in common!

🌐Time to harmonise? 

gimjournal.org/article/S1098-…

<a href="/GenomeSeb/">Seb Lunke</a> <a href="/drlildownie/">Lilian Downie</a>
Seb Lunke (@genomeseb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hot off the press: Our BabyScreen+ list of over 600 actionable genes and conditions that we screen for in our #gNBS pilot now published: gimjournal.org/article/S1098-… Thanks to the great work of Prof Zornitza Stark, Lilian Downie and many others.

Lilian Downie (@drlildownie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Genomic newborn screening is coming but what should we screen for? BabyScreen+ gene list and comparison with international newborn sequencing gene lists now published! Prof Zornitza Stark Seb Lunke gimjournal.org/article/S1098-…