Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will ensure a high standard of research and monitor the progress of the project by taking part in the annual meetings. Whenever appropriate, it will consult the consortium and make recommendations as to improve their performance.

Gareth Baynam
Gareth Baynam

Western Australian Health Department - Genetic Services of Western Australia; Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies; and the Office of Population Health Genomics, Public and Aboriginal Health Division.

Gareth is a Clinical Geneticist at Genetic Services of Western Australia; an Adjunct Policy Advisor on Clinical Genomics at the WA Department of Health; Director of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program – Western Australia, and Head of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies.

Kym Boycott
Kym Boycott

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Canada

Kym Boycott is a Clinical Geneticist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Senior Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Boycott’s research program in rare diseases bridges clinical medicine to basic research and is focused on understanding the molecular pathogenesis of these disorders to improve patient care and family well-being.

Finlay Macrae
Finlay Macrae

Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Professor Finlay Macrae AO, MBBS, MD,FRACP, FRCP, AGAF is a Principal Fellow with title Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital Head, Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Domenica Taruscio
Domenica Taruscio

National Centre for Rare Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Degree in Medicine and Surgery. Post graduate Specialist in Histopathology. Post-doctoral fellow in Human Genetics (Yale University, USA) and Ethics. Director of the Italian National Centre for Rare Diseases (Istituto Superiore di Sanità). Responsible of the Italian National Registry for Rare diseases.